Public demonstration to be held for Sean Brown in Bellaghy this week

Bellaghy GAC will hold a public demonstration ‘The walk for truth’ in the County Derry village this Friday for murdered GAA chairman Sean Brown. 

The Bellaghy man (61) was brutally abducted and murdered by loyalist paramilitaries 28 years ago on 12 May 1997.

The demonstration will be in full support of the Brown family and their pursuit of a public inquiry. 

The gathering will commence this Friday 16 May from St. Mary’s Church Bellaghy car park to Páirc Seán de Brún. The meeting will start from 6.30pm with walk at 7pm.

In a post on Facebook the club reflected on the murder of their club chairman 28 years ago saying:

“Sean was murdered whilst locking the gates of our club after the weekly committee meeting- a routine task that every GAA volunteer will have carried out at some point.

He was a dedicated & committed volunteer of the entire community - described by Seamus Heaney as “A man of great integrity and goodwill”.

They continued calling for action to be taken and justice for the Bellaghy man’s murder

“28 years later - no one has been brought to justice for this callous murder

28 years later - the Brown family are still awaiting answers to so many unanswered questions

28 years later - repeated delays and obstruction to simply carry out a full and thorough investigation - a basic human right.

On Sean’s anniversary we ask for YOUR support - to stand in solidarity with the Brown family on Friday 16th May and to make an extraordinary public statement - please join us in The Walk For Truth

No more delays - justice for Sean Brown”

This comes following the decision by the UK Government to seek an appeal to the Supreme Court over a court ruling that ordered it to hold a public inquiry into the killing of Mr Brown.

Support has also been pledged by the Irish government. The Brown family recently met with deputy Irish premier Simon Harris. 

Mr Harris said the failure to effectively investigate the murder was “simply unacceptable”, and pledged to “continue to use every channel available to me to pursue this matter”.