Bloody Sunday: Corbyn gives lecture as part of 50th anniversary events

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Jeremy Corbyn will deliver the memorial lecture

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The 2022 Bloody Sunday Memorial Lecture was delivered at the Guildhall in Derry/Londonderry on Saturday afternoon by the former leader of the Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn - a long time supporter of the families of the victims.

This weekend sees the 50th anniversary of one of the darkest days in the history of Northern Ireland, when British soldiers shot dead 13 civil rights protestors in the Bogside area of Derry/Londonderry.

Another man shot by paratroopers on January 30, 1972 died four months later. 

The 2010 Saville Inquiry into the killings stated that none of the casualties were posing a threat or doing anything that would justify their shooting.

John Kelly had joined the march that day and Michael, his 17-year-old brother, was one of those killed:

Former leader of the Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn

Mural to the victims

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