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Revoke “letters of comfort” issued to on the run terrorists to level the field.

Submitted on Friday 10th May 2019

Rejected on Wednesday 12th June 2019

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)

Petition Action

Revoke “letters of comfort” issued to on the run terrorists to level the field.

Petition Details

With the PPSNI continued pursuit of Veterans in relation to incidents during the troubles; it is only right, OTR terrorists wanted in connection with atrocities in the UK are held to the same standard. Many terror suspects are immune from prosecution due to erroneously issued OTR letters.

Additional Information

The charges against Soldiers F, B etc when viewed against the dismissal of the case against the Hyde Park bomber because of the letters of comfort demonstrates the fundamental injustice of the one sided approach to justice in Northern Ireland.


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

We're not sure what action you'd like the UK Government and Parliament to take.

In 2014, an independent review of the so-called "on-the-run" scheme (or comfort letters) made it very clear that the letters given to “on the runs” did not constitute an amnesty or immunity from prosecution.

You can read more here:

researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/CBP-8352

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