The Five Demands

Il Presidente dello Sinn Fein annuncia di essere in possesso di una serie di prove e documentazioni mai rivelate in relazione al massacro di Ballymurphy nel 1971

C’era attesa per la conferenza stampa di Gerry Adams presso il quartier generale dello Sinn Fein a West Belfast.
Oggi il presidente del maggior partito repubblicano ha comunicato che è pronto a presentare al Procuratore Generale John Larkin una serie di documentazioni sostanziali quali, testimonianze di testimoni oculari, sentenze d’inchiesta, rapporti di autopsie, dichiarazioni del personale appartenente alla Royal Military Police, rapporti del RUC nonchè  files provenienti dagli archivi della Chiesa Cattolica.
La Sez. 14 del  The Coroner’s Act 1959  dà al Procuratore Generale il potere di ordinare una nuova inchiesta.
Una nuova inchiesta ritenuta “d’obbligo” da parte dei familiari delle 11 persone uccise Ballymurphy nel 1971.
“Credo che non tutti i fatti pertinenti alla sparatoria siano state rese note o che il RUC o la polizia militare del British Army abbiano investigato in modo appropriato gli omicidi” e facendosi portavoce delle famiglie – anche loro presenti alla conferenza stampa – ha aggiunto “Hanno anche gravi preoccupazioni circa le inchieste che sono state effettuate”.

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Ballymurphy families want new inquest (UTV)
The families of 11 people killed in Ballymurphy in 1971 have called for a new investigation to be opened, after new information on the deaths was presented at a Sinn Féin press conference on Friday morning.
The families of 11 people killed in Ballymurphy in 1971 have called for a new inquest into the deaths to be opened, after fresh information was presented at a Sinn Féin press conference on Friday.
West Belfast MP Gerry Adams said he would put forward an “extensive submission”, which included eyewitness accounts, inquest verdicts, autopsy reports, inquest, statements by Royal Military Police personnel, RUC reports from the date of the killings and Catholic Church archives.
Mr Adams said he would present the documents to Attorney General John Larkin.
Speaking at the party’s meeting at their west Belfast headquarters, the Sinn Féin President said the families “believe that not all of the facts pertaining to the shootings were made known or that the RUC or British Army’s Military Police properly investigated the killings”.
“They also have grave concerns about the inquests that were carried out,” he said.
The request is being made under Section 14 of The Coroner’s Act 1959 which gives the attorney general the power to order a new inquest.
Relatives of those who died over the three-day period in August 1971 also attended the conference.
Earlier this month, the families said they were “disappointed” by the outcome of their meeting with Secretary of State Owen Paterson
They pressed Mr Paterson to set up an investigation into the deaths of their loved ones, but did not receive any commitment.
A mother-of-eight and a local priest were among those shot dead in the shootings, which were carried out by the same British Army Parachute Regiment that, six months later, would kill 13 innocent civilians on Bloody Sunday in Londonderry.
The troops claim they opened fire after being shot at by Republicans.