Monthly Archives: June 2012
CONGRESS SUPPORTS BALLYMURPHY RESIDENTS’ CAMPAIGN FOR TRUTH & JUSTICE
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Source The Executive Council of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions Congress (ICTU) has agreed to support the campaign for an independent investigation into the 1971 killing of eleven civilians by the British army’s Parachute Regiment in Ballymurphy, West Belfast. Congress President Eugene McGlone has confirmed that the ICTU will formally raise the issue with [...]
Ballymurphy families welcome John Larkin decision
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Source Relatives of 10 people shot dead by paratroops in west Belfast in 1971 have welcomed the decision to hold new inquests into their deaths. The families said the decision by Attorney General John Larkin was an important step in their ongoing campaign for justice. The Army said it opened fire in the Ballymurphy area [...]
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British Prime Minister, British Government: Please Stop Ignoring the families of the victims of The Ballmurphy Massacre This past year 2011-2012 is the 40th anniversary of the Ballymurphy massacre, A year when last January the torch was handed over from the bloody Sunday families to the Ballymurphy families. A year where we sat in Washington [...]
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