Ballymurphy families countered a Belfast protest against the prosecution of an Army veteran for alleged Troubles offences.
Solider F is accused of two murders and four attempted murders on Bloody Sunday, 1972.
Hundreds gathered outside Belfast City Hall to call on the UK government to “enact protective legislation” to “safeguard” former British forces and police accused of crimes over the 30-year conflict.
But the families of those killed in disputed circumstances during the conflict have long campaigned for and support prosecutions.
Ballymurphy Massacre group spokesman John Teggart said: “No one is above the law and justice must be served.
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“The fact that these crimes happened nearly 50 years ago is irrelevant. It might have been a long time ago, but the illegal acts of these soldiers is affecting the families to this day.”
Thousands of bikers recently took to the streets of London in a similar protest against the legal action against Soldier F.
Former serviceman Dennis Hutchings, who is due to be tried for attempted murder in connection with a fatal shooting in 1974, addressed the Belfast rally on the phone.
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He told supporters: “We need this to continue and it will continue.
“Eventually our politicians are going to have to listen because if they won’t we will bring this country to a standstill.”
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