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Wednesday January 31, 2007 12:16

by Paula Geraghty / Shaner

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Thousands gathered in the Creggan, in Derry, Northern Ireland last Sunday to commemorate the murder of civilians by British Paratroopers in 1972.

The vote by Sinn Féin to accept the Northern police was expected, but not unanimously welcome. Anonymous grafitti and a protest banner unfurled during the speeches signalled the disquiet with Sinn Féin's new departure. However, much of the anti-Sinn Féin grafitti had been obscured overnight while Martina Anderson, the Sinn Féin speaker at the rally, said that Sinn Fein's new role would act a check on the PSNI, holding them accountable.

There was an all female platform of invited speakers including a representative from SF, SDLP, Maura Harrington of the Shell to Sea Campaign and the Davitt League and Jamilla Asleh, who's son was killed by Israeli military

Paula's Images (c)

Down through the Creggan, overlooking the Foyle

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Comments (12 of 12)

#	Title	Author	Date
1	Photo story continues	Paula Geraghty	Mon Jan 29, 2007 00:56
2	more images	Paula Geraghty	Mon Jan 29, 2007 01:05
3	end of photo story	Paula Geraghty	Mon Jan 29, 2007 01:17
4	heroes on the wall	shaner	Mon Jan 29, 2007 23:14
5	more unsung heroes	shaner	Tue Jan 30, 2007 01:27
6	unsung heroes	shaner	Tue Jan 30, 2007 02:04
7	heroes on the wall	shaner	Tue Jan 30, 2007 11:46
8	more heroes	shaner	Tue Jan 30, 2007 12:37
9	keeping the memory of those killed alive	dunk	Tue Jan 30, 2007 17:45
10	still more heroes	shaner	Wed Jan 31, 2007 15:14
11	whodunnit?	Chris McCabe	Fri Feb 02, 2007 20:37
12	Real bullets	EOM	Sat Feb 03, 2007 11:06

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