Julie Hambleton is worried legislation that follows will continue to conceal the truth.
The sister of a woman killed in IRA bombings on Birmingham pubs has said she fears no one will ever learn the truth, despite the government beginning to repeal a law that offered anonymity for some suspects during the Troubles.
However, Julie Hambleton, whose sister Maxine died in the Birmingham bombings, fears families will never get the answers they deserve. Ms Hambleton said blocking bereaved families from accessing sensitive documents was like "rubbing salt in the wound".The Mulberry Bush and Tavern in the Town pubs were targeted on 21 November 1974
"The first duty that we have is to ensure that information that the government might want to prevent, which is embarrassing, and existing from something that requires to be preserved for national security, that information is disclosed and if it is not disclosed to call it out," he added.
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