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Marchers mark 1972 Bloody Sunday massacre by British troops in Northern Ireland |
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More than 1,000 people marched through Glasgow, Scotland, January 21 (above), and thousands demonstrated in Derry, Northern Ireland, January 29 to demand justice for the 14 Irish civil rights fighters gunned down by British troops in the Bloody Sunday massacre in Derry 34 years ago. A counterprotest by some 300 rightists chanting “IRA marchers off the streets” failed to stop the action. “The rights of the Irish in Scotland have been upheld,” said march organizer Jim Slaven. BBC News reported that the police are seeking greater powers to “block problem parades.” —PETE CLIFFORD
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