Brexit will harm civil rights, activist warns on 50th anniversary of march

A leader of Northern Ireland's civil rights movement in the 1960s, says Brexit and a hard border will damage human rights.

Brexit will harm civil rights, activist warns on 50th anniversary of march

A leader of Northern Ireland's civil rights movement in the 1960s, says Brexit and a hard border will damage human rights.

Michael Farrell was speaking ahead of today's 50th anniversary of the infamous October 5 march in Derry in 1968, when he and a number of others were beaten by Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) members during a demonstration calling for housing rights in the city.

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