Five Decades of Injustice: Bloody Sunday
People will travel from across Ireland and beyond next week to gather on the streets of Free Derry. The Bloody Sunday march for justice will mark 50 years since 14 unarmed and innocent civilians were gunned down by Britain’s notorious Parachute Regiment.
Derry’s Alannagh Doherty, a spokesperson for Lasair Dhearg, said, “On Sunday the 30th of January I’ll march with thousands of others to demand justice on the very streets where those innocents were brutally gunned down by foreign troops.”
“The Bloody Sunday Massacre was a horrifying event that would go on to shape the legacy of the conflict. There was no shortage of recruits for the IRA in the subsequent years in what became a defining period in the struggle for freedom.”
“This year’s march, five whole decades since our City mourned the loss of 14 members of our community, is about continuing that fight for justice and letting the British state know that this issue is not going away, as much as they would like it to.”
“The graphic scenes caught on news reels and cameras that day remain etched in the memories of those that were there and serve as a reminder to the rest of us of the ability and intent of the occupying regime when it comes to putting manners on the natives.”
“We know that the state knows who is responsible. We know that the state is fighting tooth and nail to prevent those responsible from being brought to justice. And we know the state and their security agencies are actively covering up and preventing that justice.”
“‘Sorry’ from the British government is not enough. Those brutally killed on Bloody Sunday and the thousands of others through countless generations who were maimed or murdered have never received justice.”
“Lasair Dhearg will be joining this year’s Bloody Sunday march, join us, and demand more than ‘sorry’ – demand justice – at Free Derry Corner, Sunday, 30th of January at 2.30PM.”
