Великобритания: Полицията използва водни оръдия срещу протестиращи в северен Белфаст

Clashes erupted between protesters and police in north Belfast, Sunday, after authorities prevented a Republican anti-internment parade from entering the city centre, in line with a Parades Commission ruling. Protesters threw Molotov cocktails, bricks, bottles and paint at police who responded with water cannon. The clashes took place on Oldpark Road in the Ardoyne neighbourhood of Belfast. Police blocked the road after the anti-interment parade failed to uphold the Parades Commission's ruling that the march had to have passed the Millfield junction by 13:30 local time (12:30 GMT). Many members of the parade dispersed peacefully after being notified by police that they could not continue but a small group remained to protest the decision. The parade was organised by the Anti-Internment League (AIL) to mark the anniversary of the introduction of internment without trial during the Troubles in August 1971. The Northern Irish government introduced the measures, with the backing of the British government, during the height of the violence in Northern Ireland. The policy officially ended in 1975. However, the AIL claim that the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), with the support of MI5 and Northern Ireland’s judiciary, continue to hold high-profile organisers of Irish Republicanism without due cause. The AIL has cited what they consider the illegal internment of Republican organisers Michael McKevitt, Marian Price, Tony Taylor, Derry and Martin Corry as examples. Police were forced to lock down the entire city centre on Sunday as loyalist groups gathered on Royal Avenue to hold counter-demonstrations against the parade.