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The Conservative pledge to change the law to protect army veterans from legal action has drawn widespread criticism in Northern Ireland.The leaders of both Sinn Fein and the Democratic Ulster Party condemned the move and there was a warning it could create a “moral equivalence between veterans and the terrorist”.Sinn Fein president Mary-Lou McDonald said it was outrageous that anybody, Tory or otherwise, would propose to create further hardship and frustration for families seeking justice.Under the proposals, a Tory government would amend the Human Rights Act so it does not apply to events that took place before it came into force in 2000 – including deaths during the Troubles in Northern Ireland.