The Five Demands

Accolta con favore la decisione di permettere a 2 familiari di ogni vittima della Bloody Sunday di prendere visione del rapporto Saville il giorno stesso della pubblicazione

Mentre è in corso l’analisi del rapporto elaborato da Lord Saville sulla Bloody Sunday, il segretario di stato Shaun Woodward ha informato i familiari delle vittime che sarà concesso a due membri di ogni famiglia di leggere anticipatamente la documentazione  il giorno stesso della pubblicazione.
Gerry Duddy che ha perso un fratello nella strage che si è consumata il 3o0 gennaio del 1972 a Derry, ha espresso favore alla decisione volta a sollevare un unico individuo da una pressione forse troppo grande da sopportare.
“Come potessero credere che una persona possa assorbire i risultati di questa colossale relazione è al di là di noi, soprattutto considerando che i giuristi si prenderanno fino a due settimane esaminare questi stessi documenti.”
“Tuttavia, siamo ancora insoddisfatti con questi continui ritardi”.
“Le nostre famiglie, i feriti e la popolazione tutta di Derry hanno aspettato oltre 38 anni per i risultati di questa indagine”.
“Questo sarà un evento incredibilmente emotivo e ci sarà una grande ansia sarà sentita sia dai soggetti coinvolti nella lettura anticipata, sia da tutti gli altri membri della famiglie in paziente attesa delle sue conclusioni.”
“Dopo molto lunghi e duri anni di campagna è arrivato il momento per l’istituzione britannica di riconoscere le proprie malefatte e di rendere pubblica la verità.”

In attesa della pubblicazione del rapporto di Lord Saville e per non dimenticare vi proponiamo le immagini di uno slideshow  recentemente pubblicato dal Derry Journal

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Bloody Sunday families to see Saville report (U TV)
Relatives of those killed on Bloody Sunday have welcomed a decision to allow two family members to read the report of the Saville inquiry before the findings are published.
Government lawyers are currently examining the report compiled by Lord Saville on the events of January 1972 when soldiers opened fire during a civil rights march in Derry, killing 14 people.
The Bloody Sunday families said they were informed of the decision by Secretary of State Shaun Woodward.
The authorities will now allow two members of each family early access to the report on the day of its release, despite initial plans to allow only one relative to read the document in the hours before it goes public.
Gerry Duddy, whose 17-year-old brother Jackie was shot dead on Bloody Sunday said: “This development is obviously a lot better than one person being granted prior access to the report.”
“It was widely felt that the pressure on one person would have been too much to bear.”
“How they expected one person to absorb the findings of this colossal report is beyond us, especially considering that it is taking up to two weeks for legal experts to scrutinise these same documents.”
Mr Woodward said he is obliged to have the document checked to ensure the safety of individuals will not be compromised by its contents and to avoid legal challenges to the document.
The Secretary of State agreed to requests that the report remain in the hands of Lord Saville while the legal checks are carried out, but he warned if an election was called before the process is completed, the document’s publication could be delayed.
Mr Duddy said: “The fact that the government have now conceded to allow two members of each family will certainly ease the burden of seeing the final report.”
“However, we are still unhappy with these constant delays, the latest of which is the so-called ‘security review’ currently taking place.”
“Despite continual assurances that he would release the report under this current government, the Secretary of State has yet to deliver.”
“Our families, the wounded and the wider population of Derry have waited over 38 years for the findings of this inquiry.”
“This will be an incredibly emotional event and there will be a great deal of anxiety felt by both those involved in the report pre-read and by all other family members waiting patiently for its findings.”
“After many long, hard years of campaigning the time has come for the British establishment to acknowledge their wrongdoings and set the truth free.”