Human rights group says bill will suppress truth

A HUMAN rights organisation has expressed grave concern about a British Government bill allowing people who committed offences before the 1998 Good Friday Agreement to avoid serving a prison sentence.

London-based British Irish Rights Watch has campaigned for inquiries into the 1989 murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane and other victims of alleged security force collusion with loyalists.

It said the Northern Ireland Offences Bill would suppress the truth further.