Clodagh Kilcoyne

LONDONDERRY – Ireland has called on Britain to provide justice for the 13 victims of peaceful demonstrations that were shot by soldiers during “Bloody Sunday”, 1972, as millions marked the 50th Anniversary of this crucial day in the history of Northern Ireland.

In 2010, the British government apologized for 13 Catholic civil right protesters being killed in Londonderry by British soldiers on January 30, 1972, and a further 14 who later died of their injuries.

The shootings were not convicted. However, British prosecutors last July announced that no British soldier was being tried for murder. This decision is currently being challenged by loved ones.

After laying a wreath, Simon Coveney from Ireland said that there should be an avenue to justice. He also met with the families of victims.

He said that although our children had been buried fifty years ago, we have not laid them to rest because of lack of justice.

Coveney stated the Irish government’s objection to the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s plan to stop prosecutions of soldiers or militants to try to put an end to the conflict. The move was rejected by all local political parties and angered loved ones.

He stated, “We cannot and won’t support that approach.”

Relatives who carried white roses, photographs and photos of victims of war led thousands of others in following the trail of the 1972 march.

The names of the victims were read aloud at a memorial by Micheal Martin (Ireland’s Prime Minister).

Martin stated to journalists that the entire process of the courts should be used.

Johnson posted on Twitter (NYSE.) Saturday that Bloody Sunday was “one of those darkest days” of Troubles and suggested Britain learn from past mistakes.

1972 witnessed a significant escalation in the conflict between Irish militants who sought unification with Republic of Ireland and the British Army, as well as loyalists determined not to lose the area.

Before the 1998 ceasefire, more than 3000 people had been killed.