A group campaigning against the continued use of plastic bullets in the North has said it plans to launch a judicial review of the decision to introduce a new and potentially more lethal round, Paul Tanney reports.
The United Campaign Against Plastic Bullets said it was astounded that a new round, the L21A1, would be introduced on June 1st. The group's chairwoman, Ms Clara Reilly, said it was "recognised that plastic bullets breach international standards on human rights. They are considered both a lethal weapon and a weapon of torture."
Ms Reilly said the group had sought legal advice and believed the "introduction of this new bullet runs in the face of the incorporation of the Human Rights Act as part of the Good Friday agreement". Fourteen people have died after being struck by plastic bullets.