Inquiry Updates

Bloody Sunday: Charter for Truth and Justice

We say again that that all those killed and injured on Bloody Sunday were innocent. We re-state our determination to establish the truth of what happened in our town on that day, and to achieve justice.

We do so mindful of the vast suffering endured by so many others over the years of conflict.

We will insist:

- That the Bloody Sunday Inquiry will be fully independent, fully impartial and fully open; that it will reflect the highest standards of international human rights practice;

- That all evidence relating to events leading up to Bloody Sunday and on the day itself will be made public; · That the operation of the Tribunal be open, transparent and accountable.

We demand:

- The truth of what happened;

- A clear repudiation of the findings of the Widgery Tribunal;

- The formal, explicit acknowledgement of the innocence of all those killed and wounded;

- The vindication of the principle that there can be no impunity for major human rights abuses.

We ask the people of Derry who have stood by the Bloody Sunday families and sustained the struggle for the truth for 28 years:

- To attend the hearing of the Tribunal when they can;

- To continue to make their voices heard through the media and through elected representatives at home and abroad;

- To continue to galvanise support from human rights groups, trade unions, community organisations, churches and all other organisations of influence and good will.

The British government established the Bloody Sunday Inquiry because they were obliged to by the families, the people of Derry, Ireland and the international human rights community. We have come this far. We have some distance still to go. The Bloody Sunday Families ask you to maintain that pressure. Be vigilant. Demand the truth. Justice demands it.