This year's Bloody Sunday Commemorative March will stop in William Street - where the original march was stopped on its way to the Guildhall.
The annual commemoration march usually ends at Free Derry Corner but this year's meeting point has been changed to William Street to signify how the families' search for justice is being prolonged by delays in the publication of the report of the Bloody Sunday inquiry. Speakers at the meeting will include a Bloody Sunday families' representative and members of Sinn Fein and the SDLP.
2009 marks the 37th anniversary of Bloody Sunday and the Bloody Sunday Weekend Committee have announced details of other events taking place this during the anniversary weekend.
Wednesday, January 28 -8pm: Internment and Injustice 40 years on - A public event at the Gasyard Centre that will outline the historical context of internment as a state weapon and explore the use of 'special powers' to effectively intern selected individuals, such as in the recent Terry McCafferty case. Speakers to include Tony Catney, Belfast (Republican Network for Unity)
Contact Danny McBrearty on
dannymcbrearty@hotmail.com or 07515953790
Thursday, January 29 -10pm: Bloody Sunday Memorial Quiz at The Crescent Bar. Price £5 per team of 5, all welcome.
Friday, January 30 -4pm: A minute's silence at the Bloody Sunday Monument, Rossville Street, to mark the time of the shooting on Bloody Sunday. All welcome.
4.30pm: Unveiling of the Bloody Sunday Banner, now on display in the newly refurbished Museum of Free Derry, Glenfada Park. All welcome.
7.30pm: Bloody Sunday Memorial Mass at St. Mary's, Creggan. All welcome.
8pm: Dealing with the Past: Did Bradley/Eames get it right? at the Alexander Suite, City Hotel
Towards the end of January the Consultative Group on the Past (the 'Bradley/Eames group') will publish their proposals on how to deal with the legacy of decades of violent conflict. As months of speculation come to an end the Bloody Sunday Weekend offers an ideal and immediate opportunity to discuss the findings of the Consultative Group. Organised by the Pat Finucane Centre.
8.30pm: Screening of film 'Sunday' - Jimmy McGovern's acclaimed drama documentary on Bloody Sunday, at the Telstar Bar, Creggan.
Saturday, January 31 -6pm: Bloody Sunday Fundraising Concert: Songs of Struggle & Change at The Gasyard Centre, Lecky Road, featuring Joe Mulhearn; Eileen Webster; Gary Og; Cruncher O'Neill; Rory O'Dochartaigh; Tina McLaughlin; Declan McLaughlin; Barry Kerr and more. Admission £3.
8pm: Bloody Sunday Lecture - Clive Stafford Smith, Director of Reprieve/ Guantanamo lawyer - at the Calgach Centre, Butcher Street. The original Bloody Sunday march was held to protest the policy of internment without trial. It is fitting that this year's lecture should host the leading human rights defender acting on behalf of those held without trial in the modern day equivalent of Long Kesh-Guantanamo Bay.
