Ireland Calls for Justice on 50th Anniversary of ‘Bloody Sunday’

Three young family members hold flowers as they walk commemorating the victims during a Walk of Remembrance to Memorial Garden to mark the 50th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, on Jan. 30, 2022. Charles McQuillan/Getty Images

LONDONDERRY—Ireland on Jan. 30 called for the British government to ensure justice for the families of 13 peaceful protesters shot dead by its soldiers on “Bloody Sunday” in 1972 as thousands marked the 50th anniversary of one of the defining days of the Northern Ireland conflict.

The UK government in 2010 apologized for the “unjustified and unjustifiable” killings of 13 Catholic civil rights protesters by British soldiers in Londonderry on Jan. 30, 1972—and of a 14th who died later of his wounds.