The Bloody Sunday
On 30th January 1972, 13 Catholics were killed when soldiers of a
British paratroop regiment opened fire during a civil rights march in
Londonderry. The day became known as Bloody Sunday. Its impact led to
a resurgence of violent opposition to the British presence in Northern
Ireland. Although the details of what took place that day remain
controversial, many of the basic facts are not disputed, 14 people had
been killed etc.
The demonstration was held in protest at the policy of internment
without trial. It was organised by the Northern Ireland Civil Rights
Association. About 10,000 people gathered in the Creggan Estate
planning to walk to Guildhall Square in the centre of the city, where
a rally would be held. The march itself was illegal because the
Stormont Parliament had banned all such protests.
There have been two investigations into what actually happened. The
first in 1972 by Lord Widgery and one taking place at this moment by
Lord Saville. The inquiry by Lord Widgery reported that the
paratroopers’ firing had "bordered on the reckless". It also concluded
the soldiers had been fired upon first and some of the victims had
handled weapons.
Both sides used his report to support their views. Widgery, at that
moment in time, according to Lord Saville didn’t have sufficient
evidence to point the finger of blame clearly to one side. The
evidence which was extracted could’ve have been contaminated from
‘foreign’ substances. For example, gun powder was found on the
victim’s hands, this could have been from genuinely handling gun
powder. Or on the other hand when the bodies were loaded into the
truck...
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thorough and was simply skimming the surface. Also taking into
consideration the 35 years for another inquiry to be launched in which
justice is properly done. This meant that eye witnesses aren’t as
reliable simply as the lengthy time span since Bloody Sunday, this
including both marchers and the paratroopers themselves. The new
enquiry is helping people to understand what had actually happened on
30th January 1972 and in doing so getting a view from both sides and
scientists who investigated into what had happened and why they
changed their mind. If all this is in the clear then people would be
in the know-how of who is the guilty party and in doing so which
people had done injustice, were brought to justice. This would also
mean people would stop using violence as way of avenging what had
happened in 1972.
In order for the us, the jury, to agree with the prosecutors, they brought witnesses to the stand. Jacinta Waruiru was the first be called to the stand. She was a witness to the vicious Mau Mau attack. She told us that her family was a loyalist to the British. She was Chief Luka Wa Kahangara’s wife. Mrs. Waruiru told us about the day she and her family were attacked. She told us that the Mau Mau came to her house and killed thirteen members of her family. They killed her husband first and her housewives and their husbands housewives too. While running with a child in her arms, the Mau Mau shot her in the leg, head, and back. At that time she dropped the child, and he/she got shot while on the ground. As Mrs. Jacinta was seeking shelter behind a tree she saw her family get tortured and killed by the Mau Mau. Also she told us that all of her cattle were killed, her family’s house was burned down, and her husband’s body was cut up into pieces by the Mau Mau. The Prosecution also brought Ian Henderson to the stand, a colonial police officer. He was responsible for the capture of the Mau Mau leader, Dedan Kimathi. He came up to the stand and told us about how all he wanted was peace in Kenya. He said that since the Mau Mau have been in Kenya, it had become more tense. Prosecution also brought Evelyn Baring to the stand. he was the governor of Kenya. He told us
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...ows what the outcome would have been and how many more lives would have been taken on this tragic day.
Spanning from 1095 to 1212 C.E, the Crusades were an effort made by medieval Christians to regain their holy lands back from the Muslims. There were five crusades in total going in order from the First Crusade to the Children's Crusade. A few were effective in their own respects although these Crusades proved costly to the European Kingdoms as a result of large losses of life. This paper will explore these crusades and explain why some succeeded whereas others failed.
“The Crusades: series of wars by Western European Christians to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims.” (Encarta “Crusades”) The Crusades first began in 1096 and ended in the late 13th century. The term Crusade originally meant that the European’s would use all their efforts to regain the power from the Muslims. They wanted to retake the city of Jerusalem, which was holy to Christians because that’s where the crucifixion of Jesus Christ occurred. Europeans later used it to allocate any military efforts against non-Christians. The Crusaders also created feudal states in the Near East. The Crusades played an important role of European expansion and colonialism. “They mark the first time Western Christendom undertook a military initiative far from home, the first time significant numbers left to carry their culture and religion abroad.”
The Crusades occured because the Christians wanted to regain their Holy Land, in doing so many knights risked their lives. During the Middle Ages a series of events lead up to the Crusades that were fought between the 11th and 13th century. The Crusades began when the Byzantine emperor, Alexius I Komnenos, asked Pope Urban II for help because the Seljuk Turks were gaining more power and land. As a result, the pope sent Christian knights to help regain the Holy Land. After some time the Christian knights captured Jerusalem from the Muslims, gaining back the land for them. Although some people may think that the knights fought in the Crusades in order to gain wealth, but in the long run it was because they wanted to protect Christian territory. Christian knights were greatly driven by their religious beliefs to fight in the Crusades.
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penance" (Campbell p.14). A pilgrimage to the Holy Land was not an easy task to