On April 19, 1972, the Widgery Tribunal published its report into the events of 'Bloody Sunday' in Derry, Northern Ireland. The tribunal, led by Lord Widgery, the Lord Chief Justice of England, largely exonerated the British Army soldiers who had fired on unarmed civil rights marchers, killing 13 people and injuring many more. The report controversially placed blame on the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association (NICRA) for organizing the march, despite widespread condemnation from nationalist communities and human rights groups who viewed it as a whitewash.
