Call to free republican as 10,000 mark Bloody Sunday

THE British Government faced new demands yesterday to free a republican jailed for refusing to testify to an inquiry into the Bloody Sunday killings.

As more than 10,000 people gathered in Derry for a rally to mark the 33rd anniversary of Bloody Sunday, speakers insisted Martin Doherty’s detention cannot be justified.

Sinn Féin and the SDLP also cast doubt on the chances of the marathon hearing delivering the truth when tribunal chairman Lord Saville finally publishes his report later this year.