Belfast on alert as anti-internment league, loyalists hold marches
Heavy police force has been deployed in Northern Ireland’s capital, Belfast ahead of an anti-internment parade and rival rallies.
The march was called by the Anti-Internment League, to mark the detention without trial that was introduced by the unionist Stormont government with the backing of Britain at the height of the 1970s Troubles. Loyalist counter demonstrations are also due to take place against the League's rally.
Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has issued a statement urging marchers from respective camps to remain calm. But concerns grow since the Parades Commission permitted three loyalist protests on the route.
Some roads leading to the Belfast city center have already closed and police have conducted a major security operation ahead of the contentious republican march.
The controversial detention ended in 1975 but the Anti-Internment League holds an annual march alleging that authorities operate the controversial law even today.
In 2013, nearly 60 police officers were injured after loyalist protesters ransacked the city center. They accused authorities of allowing the anti-internment parade pass through the location where two soldiers from Ulster Defense Regiment (UDR) were murdered in 1971.
Last year, the republican parade was also ended with minor disturbances.
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