The move was announced as the first five terrorists serving life for murder were freed from the Maze prison in Belfast under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement.

Families Acting for Innocent Families (FAIR), a new group based in South Armagh representing relatives of soldiers, RUC officers and civilians killed by terrorist groups will stage the protest on Monday.

Up to 30 families are believed to have already joined the group, which is open to both sides of the community.

FAIR also aims to press for more government compensation for victims of violence.

Group secretary Brian McConnell, nephew of a soldier shot dead in 1976, said: "There's been a groundswell of opinion throughout the country for the victims to be acknowledged.

"We have suffered in silence for years. The disgust of people now being voiced is opening up."

Five freed early

The five prisoners - from loyalist and republican groups - were freed on Friday morning after serving between 10 and 14 years.

The four freed loyalist paramilitaries being driven from the Maze

All five made no public comment as they left the Maze.

The men include Geoffrey Edwards and Thomas Mair of the Ulster Volunteer Force and Mark Trotter and Robert Kenny of the Ulster Defence Association.

Trotter and Kenny, both from Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, were convicted of shooting dead Catholic Edward Love in the town on Easter Monday in 1985.

At the time of the murder, Kenny was a Private in the Ulster Defence Regiment and Trotter was a mechanic serving in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.

Edwards, another former UDR soldier, was sentenced for the murder of Sinn Fein election worker Peter Corrigan in Armagh in 1982.

Edwards was a member of the UDR at the time of the killing.

Mair, a building labourer, was sentenced to life for the murder of Catholic William McLaughlin, who was shot dead in the Shore Road area of north Belfast in 1984.

The sole IRA member to be freed was Damien Nicell who was jailed in 1989 for shooting RUC constable Clive Graham at a checkpoint in Londonderry.

400 set for release

The releases bring to 24 the number of prisoners freed since the scheme started last week.

More than 400 are due to be released early, prompting anger from relatives of victims of the violence.

Up to 200 are expected to be freed by the end of October and most of the rest are expected out by Christmas.