Bloody Sunday at 50
50 years ago today, British Paratroopers shot dead 14 unarmed civilians during a civil rights march in Derry. The massacre became a worldwide symbol of state brutality – and community resilience.
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Anne Cadwallader
Anne Cadwallader is a former journalist, now case worker with The Pat Finucane Centre. She is the author of Lethal Allies: British Collusion in Ireland and Holy Cross: The Untold Story.
The Ballymurphy Verdict Exposes the Reality of State Violence
Yesterday, an inquest found that 10 people killed by the British Army in Belfast in 1971 were ‘entirely innocent.’ The decision exposes one 50-year cover-up of state violence – and raises questions about many others.