Name: The 53rd anniversary annual Bloody Sunday March in Derry
Uploaded: 2025-02-02T18:28:20.000Z
Duration: 8 min 59 s
Description: The annual commemoration marks the anniversary of the killing of 13 unarmed civilian men and boys in the Bogside area of Derry on January 30, 1972 by the British Army during an anti-internment civil rights march in the city. A fourteenth victim died later from his injuries and dozens more civilians were wounded.

The Bloody Sunday March marking the 53rd anniversary of the killing of 13 unarmed Derry citizens by the British Army during an anti-internment civil rights march on January 30, 1972 has been marked in the city.

Thousands of people attended March for Justice in Derry on Sunday, February 2.

Speaking at this year’s event was Farrah Kouteinneh, Palestinian writer, journalist and founder of Key48Return and Eamon McCann, life long political activist and journalist.

Ahead of the event, Eamonn McCann said: “It’s 53 years since the death storm erupted at the bottom of Rossville Street. Bloody Sunday marches and anniversary activities of one sort and another now include children and even the grandchildren of those who fell under the fusillade of bullets from the parachute regiment.

The 53rd Bloody Sunday March marks the anniversary of the murder of 13 unarmed Derry citizens by the British Army during an anti-internment civil rights march in the city on January 30, 1972.

placeholder image — The 53rd Bloody Sunday March marks the anniversary of the murder of 13 unarmed Derry citizens by the British Army during an anti-internment civil rights march in the city on January 30, 1972.

"Every year we are asked – Why drag the agony out? Isn’t it time to forgive and forget? Some who are generous of heart may find it within themselves to forgive. But none of us should ever forget."