JANUARY 30, THE 44TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BLOODY SUNDAY IN DERRY

November 30, 1972, the British soldiers shot 26 Irish demonstrants during a protest march in Derry, Northern Ireland. On that day Irish activists took to the city streets demanding of compliance with their national and religious rights.

The British soldiers involved were members of the 1st Battalion, Parachute Regiment, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Derek Wilford and Captain Mike Johnson. As result 14 people were killed during the attempt of forceful dispersal of the march (including 6 minors); thirteen were killed outright, while the death of another man four months later was attributed to his injuries. Many of the victims were shot while fleeing from the soldiers and some were shot while trying to help the wounded. 



This tragic event gives us many lessons. In particular, that is another evidence of ineffectiveness of "peaceful protests" to which the liberals urged us during the clashes at Grushevskogo street in Kiev in winter of 2014 as well as the importance of maximal coordination level between the nationalists. 

Another impressive fact in this bloody episode of the conflict in Ulster is that the killers have not been punished... it reminds the case of shot the protesters at Maidan.