☘️ Bloody Sunday memorial march through Derry marks 47th anniversary | Al Jazeera English
People in the Northern Irish city of Londonderry have been marching to remember Bloody Sunday, the day British troops killed 14 unarmed civilians.
The event in 1972 took place during the height of the Troubles - a conflict pitting mostly Catholic Irish nationalists or republicans, against pro-British, mostly protestant unionists.
The march also comes a week after suspected dissident republicans detonated a bomb in Derry.
Police fear fringe paramilitary groups will exploit the threat of a hard border in Ireland due to the ongoing Brexit negotiations.
Al Jazeera's Catherine Stancl reports from Derry, Northern Ireland.
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Bloody Sunday 1972: The day's events explained
Bloody Sunday has become synonymous with the darkest period of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. But how did a protest march on January 30th 1972 lead to a massacre?
Thirteen people were killed and a further 15 wounded after members of the Army's Parachute Regiment opened fire on civil rights demonstrators in the Bogside - a predominantly Catholic part of Londonderry (Derry).
The image of a Catholic priest waving a blood-stained handkerchief as he helped a victim to safety was broadcast around the world.
The Saville Inquiry, set up by Tony Blair in 1998, found that none of the casualties were posing a threat or doing anything that would justify their shooting.
Victims' families have waited 47 years to see if there would be prosecutions. One former British paratrooper is to be charged with the murder of James Wray and William McKinney, and for the attempted murders of Joseph Friel, Michael Quinn, Joe Mahon and Patrick O’Donnell.
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UK: Far-right Loyalist group disrupts Bloody Sunday memorial march in Glasgow
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Members of the far-right Loyalist National Defence League (NDL) attempted to disrupt a Bloody Sunday memorial march in Glasgow on Saturday.
Police attempted to keep the two groups apart as rival protesters hurled abuse at each other as the parade took place. The march was temporarily halted several times after protesters blocked the parade route. One man was seen being detained by police, who said two people were arrested in total.
The parade was organised by a group remembering the 13 people who were shot dead by the British military in the Northern Ireland town of Derry during a protest march on January 30, in 1972.
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UK: Thousands march in Derry to mark 47th anniv. of Bloody Sunday
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Locals marched through Derry, Northern Ireland, to commemorate the 47th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, when British troops shot and killed 14 peaceful protesters at a civil rights march in the Bogside area of the city.
Families of the victims led the march, silently holding white crosses, while bands played along the parade.
Thirteen people were killed on January 30, 1972 after British soldiers from the 1st Battalion, Parachute Regiment, opened fire on a peaceful anti-internment protest in the Bogside area of Derry. A fourteenth person died four months later as a result of the injuries he had sustained.
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Preparations were underway on Saturday (1/2) in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, for a march on Sunday to commemorate the fourteen people who were killed in shooting by British paratroopers on Bloody Sunday in 1972 by British soldiers.
The deaths came during what had started as a nationalist, mostly-Catholic march against internment, but which turned into a pivotal incident which polarised the British province's Protestant and Catholic communities. Thirteen people were killed at the scene, and one man died six months later from his wounds.
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wide pan of Londonderry;
armoured landcruisers move in;
drive by welcome to free derry sign;
Men in cherry picker erect mural of victims;
IRA sign depicting bloody sunday;
WS Zoom to police on hillside;
WS Sniper in hedgerow;
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cu of monument;
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SOT, brother of one of victims, Liam Wray - 22 year-old brother James in english my brother was shot twice in the back. Once when he was already lying wounded ; there was no evidence that he was in the march against the internment. He was murdered. There is no other way to put it. He was murdered. And i'm looking for justice. I want the guilty brought to book and I want to prosecute. I want the government that says it's my government to pursue that matter. That is my demand
ws of church;
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people watching exhibition of photographs;
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SOT parish priest father stephen McLaughlin, St. Mary's church, Creggan in english The fact that the deaths on bloody sunday came about as a result of a official operation not paramilitary acitivity it was the state who was involved and that is the significance and that's why it has to be re-examined. MS sign depicting police brutality reading ' Nothing has changed;
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Bloody Sunday: Rare actual footage of how it all unfolded (30 Jan. 1972, Derry, Northern Ireland)
Bloody Sunday in Derry, Northern Ireland: On the 30th January 1972 British soldiers opened fire on protesters in the city of Derry, north-west Ireland. 28 unarmed protesters were shot, 13 died immediately or within hours, one more died just over four months later. Many of the victims were shot while fleeing from the soldiers and some were shot while trying to help the wounded.Other protesters were injured by rubber bullets or batons, and two were run down by army vehicles. Derry was in the section of Ireland claimed by the British state and the shootings happened in the context of the suppression of a growing civil rights movement.
Bloody Sunday
What became known as Bloody Sunday then has often been, and frequently still is believed to have been, an act of undisciplined slaughter perpetrated by blood-crazed Paras. This assumption though is wrong and to a large extent lets the British establishment off the hook. By assuming that soldiers ran amok it puts the blame on individual soldiers who pulled triggers and killed people. Bloody Sunday was a planned, calculated response to a demand for civil rights, designed to terrify organised protestors away from protesting. It fits easily into the catalogue of British involvement in Ireland as a quite logical and even natural event (Fred Holroyd, ex-British Army Intelligence Officer.)
In August 1971 internment without trial was introduced. On the tenth, Operation Demetrius was launched. 342 people were arrested and nine people killed by troops. In this period experiments in sensory deprivation torture were carried out on some people arrested, with the aim of psychologically breaking them. With hoods placed over their heads, they were made to stand spread-eagled against a wall balanced on their fingertips. They were kept like this for four or five days, being bombarded with white noise and beaten if they moved, denied food, drink, sleep, or access to toilets. At intervals they were taken up in a helicopter and thrown out while just a few feet off the ground having been told that they were hundreds of feet up (they were still wearing their hoods).
In protest at internment, a rent and rates strike was organised which attracted the support of some 40,000 households. By October this had escalated to non-payment of TV, radio, car licences, road tax, ground rent, electricity, gas and hire purchase (this a good idea that we should imitate- after all why stop at not paying the poll tax?). In response to this crisis the Payments of Debt Act was passed, allowing debts to be deducted directly from benefits.
The introduction of internment was accompanied by a 12-month ban on all demonstrations. Despite this, on January 30 1972 tens of thousands of people attended a demonstration in Derry. The state's response to this act of defiance was a cold-blooded massacre. CS Gas and water cannon had already been used by the time the Parachute Regiment came onto the streets and opened fire on the crowd. The Army claimed that they were returning fire, but forensic tests on the 14 people killed showed that none of them had had contact with weapons and no weapons were found anywhere near the bodies.
(Extract from an article in Wildcat magazine )
The findings of the Saville Report, an inquiry into the events of that day held by british authorities concluded that:
- No warning had been given to any civilians before the soldiers opened fire
- None of the soldiers fired in response to attacks by petrol bombers or stone throwers
- Some of those killed or injured were clearly fleeing or going to help those injured or dying
- None of the casualties was posing a threat or doing anything that would justify their shooting
- Many of the soldiers lied about their actions
- The events of Bloody Sunday were not premeditated
UK: Protesters mark 45th anniversary of Bloody Sunday in Derry
Locals marched through Derry, Northern Ireland, to commemorate the 45th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, when British troops shot and killed 14 peaceful protesters at a civil rights march in the Bogside area of the city.
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IRA Derry Brigade with new M60 GPMG at Bloody Sunday memorial march in Creggan January 1978
In the late 70's the IRA got a few M60 Machine guns, they went to various brigades. A unit in Belfast that was made up of Aneglo Fusco, Paul Magee & Joe Doherty killed SAS Captain Richard Westmacott with the weapon in 1980 on the Antrim Road, Westmacott was the highest ranking soldier to be killed in Belfast.
Bloody Sunday Trial: Families want soldiers to be prosecuted
It's been almost 50 years since the killings in Northern Ireland known as Bloody Sunday. Now, prosecutors will decide whether the 18 British soldiers involved, should be tried for murder. They could be accused of shooting dead 13 civil rights protesters in Londonderry in 1972. As Sarah Morice reports, there's a lot riding on the prosecutors' decision.
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NORTHERN IRELAND: LONDONDERRY: 26TH ANNIVERSARY OF BLOODY SUNDAY
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Northern Ireland on Friday marked the 26th anniversary of Bloody Sunday - a day after the British government announced there would be a fresh inquiry into the event.
In Bogside, where in 1972 Londonderry British troops opened fire on a Catholic protest march, mourners gathered to observe a two-minute silence in honour of the victims.
The 14 people killed in Londonderry's Bogside district during 1972's Bloody Sunday were remembered - 26 years after the event.
Mourners placed flowers and wreaths at the foot of the Bloody Sunday Memorial, a monument to the victims of the tragedy.
Friday's tribute was especially poignant, coming on the heels of British Prime Minister Tony Blair's announcement of a new investigation into the events of the fateful Sunday.
The original inquiry ended with a finding that some soldiers shot recklessly - but only after I-R-A gunmen shot at them and Catholic protesters deluged them with nail bombs.
Thousands of people who were in the crowd that fateful Sunday - almost none of whom were asked to testify - maintain soldiers fired at civilians without real provocation.
The British government has subsequently acknowledged that none of the victims were armed.
In all, 14 people lost their lives - 13 that day, another died months later from injuries sustained in the shooting.
26 years later, one survivor remembered how he nearly lost his life.
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What goes through my head is the same as what goes through it every year. I was so close, especially for the bullet which hit me in the stomach. As the surgeon always says, another inch and I could have been one of the 13 (who died). That's what I always think about - just how close I was to death.
SUPER CAPTION: Mickey Bradley, Bloody Sunday shooting survivor
Elsewhere in Londonderry, memorial rallies had a more political feel.
Political leaders such as Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness and Mitchell McLaughlin were among the crowds.
Dr Edward Daly, the Bishop of Derry in 1972 who was one of the marchers that Sunday, was also at Friday's rally.
He expressed hope that the new inquiry could finally uncover the truth about the shootings and praised Prime Minister Tony Blair for his decision.
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I thought it was enormously courageous. He obviously felt very deeply about what he was saying and obviously had studied the brief with great care. I was very encouraged by it and I welcome the establishment of the new tribunal.
SUPER CAPTION: Dr Edward Daly, Former Bishop of Derry
The British government hopes that a new inquiry into Bloody Sunday will give the people of Northern Ireland more confidence in the peace process.
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Bloody Sunday 1920 Irish murdered at football grounds!
No war crimes tribunals.
No charges of genocide.
No justice for Irish people.
Just cold blooded Murder!
Bloody Sunday Wilford - We were fired at first - lies
Col Wilford, who commanded First Battalion Parachute Regiment (1 Para) on Bloody Sunday, has always maintained that his soldiers were fired on first and were merely doing their duty.
However, the Saville report criticised his actions, saying he should not have launched the incursion into the Bogside area of the city.
It said he was wrong to do so because he disobeyed the orders given by his superior, Brigadier Pat McClellan, and also because his soldiers, whose job it was to arrest rioters, would have no or virtually no means of distinguishing them from those who had been involved in the march.
Derry remembers Bloody Sunday 44 years on
Derry held a march on the 44th anniversary of Bloody Sunday where British soldiers killed Northern Irish people in 'broad daylight''.
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Violence fears as Bloody Sunday memorial march in Glasgow to be met with loyalist protest
A loyalist group is set to protest an Irish Republican Bloody Sunday memorial march in Glasgow.
Members of the National Defence League are calling on all loyalists to demonstrate at the event, sharing posters of No IRA on our streets on social media.
Fears of violence have again surfaced in the city following heightened tensions at the end of the last marching season.
Around 200 members of Republican group West of Scotland Band Alliance are expected to parade through the city centre on Saturday morning.
The group, which describes itself as politically independent, is taking to the streets to highlight what happened on Bloody Sunday in Derry and continue to call for the prosecution of those responsible.
Bloody Sunday, or the Bogside Massacre, saw 14 unarmed civilians killed by British soldiers during a protest march on January 30, 1972.
Posters shared online by the National Defence League
The group will meet at Shamrock Street in Cowcaddens at around 11am before following the proposed route: Scott St, West Graham St, Cambridge St, Renfrew St, Renfield St, Jamaica St, Clyde St, Stockwell St, Trongate, Gallowgate, Sydney St.
A group of loyalist protesters are expected to meet the march in the city centre.
A Facebook event, set up by the National Defence League, says it is calling on all loyalists to be at Cambridge Street for their demonstration.
Posters of No IRA on our streets have been shared, similar to those which were posted ahead of riot-like scenes in Govan last August.
Tensions bowled over that night when loyalist groups protested an 'Irish Unity' march by the James Connelly Republican Flute Band through the area.
A significant deployment of riot police were on the streets that night in what became the st
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The 25th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, commemorated on Sunday (2/2) with
marches and a wreathlaying ceremony, has been met by renewed calls for an inquiry into the massacre, which saw 14 killed by paratroopers during a demonstration against internment in Londonderry.
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LONDONDERRY, NORTHERN IRELAND 2/2
Sign You are entering Free Derry;
black flags hanging out of windows;
CU of black flags:
PAN of people gathering for memorial service;
CU of girl;
SOT John Hume SDLP leader, in english: Indeed no matter what family you
belong to, if you have lost one of the loved ones, whether it is one of the families killed in Bloody Sunday or families killed by bombs and bullets by paramilitary organisations, the suffering of that family is exactly the same.. and therefor the people, if we want to pay a real tribute, a real memorial to the victims of Bloody Sunday, the way to do that is to remember the day themselves they marched peacefully for civil and human rights
Two girls singing a hymn;
SOT Rev. Michael Canny in english: The government at Westminster have ducked and dived as they run for cover from accepting the truth of that day;
Martin McGuinness in crowd.
VS of wreath laying ceremony;
VS of CU of messages on wreaths;
WS of memorial with wreaths and people singing;
CU Bloody Sunday button on Martin McGuinness jacket;
WS of Martin McGuinness, surrounded to press;
SOT Martin McGuinness, Sinn Fein, in english: All of us have to recognise that dialogue is the key to progress. I'm absolutely passionate about attempting to get a second IRA cessation, get another cessation of the loyalists. But I believe most important of all we need to have a cessation from the British government to its conflict with the nationalist community which has lasted since the foundation of the Northern state;
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Masked loyalists disrupt Bloody Sunday memorial in Glasgow
Masked loyalists descended on Glasgow over the weekend, heavily disrupting a Bloody Sunday march through the city.
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NORTHERN IRELAND: 26TH ANNIVERSARY OF BLOODY SUNDAY MARKED
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Northern Ireland has marked the 26th anniversary of Bloody Sunday - the day after the British government announced there would be a fresh inquiry into the event.
In Bogside, where in 1972 Londonderry British troops opened fire on a Catholic protest march, mourners gathered to observe a two-minute silence in honour of the 13 people killed during Bloody Sunday..
The 14 people killed at Londonderry, Northern Ireland during 1972's Bloody Sunday were remembered on Friday - 26 years after the event.
Mourners placed flowers and wreaths at the foot of the Bloody Sunday Memorial, a monument to the victims of the tragedy.
Friday's tribute was especially poignant, coming on the heels of British Prime Minister Tony Blair's announcement of a new investigation into the events of the fateful Sunday.
The original 1972 inquiry ended with a finding that some soldiers shot recklessly - but only after hidden I-R-A gunmen shot at them and Catholic protesters deluged them with nail bombs.
Thousands in the crowd, almost none of whom were asked to testify, maintain the soldiers fired at unarmed civilians without real provocation.
The British government has subsequently acknowledged that none of the marchers were armed.
Since then Bloody Sunday has become a rallying point against British rule in Northern Ireland.
At Bogside, a two minute silence was held for the victims.
One victim, Mickey Bradley, remembered how he nearly lost his life.
He took a bullet in the stomach, but lived to tell the story.
SOUNDBITE:
What goes through my head is the same as what goes through it every year, I was so close, especially for the bullet which hit me in the stomach, as the surgeon always says, another inch and I could have been one of the 13 (who died). That's what I always think about - just how close I was to death.
SUPER CAPTION: Mickey Bradley, Bloody Sunday shooting victim
Elsewhere in Londonderry, memorial rallies had a more political feel.
Political leaders such as Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness and Mitchell McLaughlin were among the crowds.
Rallies, organised by Northern Ireland's major labour unions, were held across the province.
Keith Cradden of the Derry Trade Council said although the day had become a significant one for the Republican cause, it was important not to forget the individuals who had been killed.
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One of the problems of violence is that as the days pass, the names of the victims fade from our memories, but those who have been directly affected, the families and friends must live with the grief for the rest of their lives.
SUPER CAPTION: Keith Cradden, Derry Trades Council
Dr Edward Daly, the Bishop of Derry in 1972, who was on the fatal march, was at Friday's rally.
He expressed hope that the new inquiry could finally uncover the truth about the shootings.
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Well certainly I didn't think that 26 years later we'd be still trying to resolve the problems that happened on that day, I was very taken by Tony Blair's statement yesterday, I thought it was enormously courageous, he obviously felt very deeply about what he was saying and obviously had studied the brief with great care, I was very encouraged by it and I welcome the establishment of the new tribunal.
SUPER CAPTION: Dr Edward Daly, Former Bishop of Derry
The British government hopes that a new inquiry into Bloody Sunday will give the people of Northern Ireland more confidence in the peace process.
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Former British paratrooper to be charged over Bloody Sunday killings
There was something like 26 shootings of unarmed civilians on that day in 1972 says Mick Fealty, editor of Slugger O'Toole, after a former British paratrooper will be charged over 'Bloody Sunday' killings.
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Queen pays tribute to Bloody Sunday victims
The Queen has visited Croke Park stadium in Dublin, where British soldiers opened fire on civilians in 1920.