Scottish Daily Mail

Battle to put more killers in the dock

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BRITISH victims of terrorism are today launching a campaign to make it easier to bring their attackers to justice.

Relatives and survivors are determined to change the law so there are fewer obstacles to hauling terrorists and their supporters before the courts.

An umbrella organisati­on representi­ng more than 11,500 UK victims of terror is spearheadi­ng a fundraisin­g drive to try to bring about a ‘much-needed and longoverdu­e’ shake-up of legislatio­n.

Reforms would make it easier for them to prosecute the terrorist organisati­ons, foreign states and officials behind atrocities anywhere in the world in which Britons are murdered.

Currently, if the British Government will not or cannot bring prosecutio­ns, then the victims must do it themselves but face several barriers.

Innocent Victims United is launching a £25,000 crowd-funding initiative to pay for lawyers to carry out a legal review of how existing laws are failing and to produce a policy paper on how they could be changed.

To donate go to: www. crowdjusti­ce.co.uk/case/ take-down-terror/

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