Sunak: ‘Many apologies to the families of the Hillsborough victims’

THE english government publicly pledged that the years of injustice suffered by their families will not be repeated 97 victims of the Hillsborough tragedy in 1989. Liverpool fans, many of them young, had lost their lives in Sheffield, northern England, in an FA Cup semi-final against Nottingham Forest.

For years, the families of those killed campaigned for justice, refusing to accept the deaths as accidental, since the police initially blamed the tragedy on the fans themselves.

Former prime minister David Cameron apologized in 2012 and an inquest in 2016 concluded that the police were to blame for the death of the fans, lying in order to stage a cover-up of “huge proportions” to cover up their mistakes.

The following year, a government-commissioned report by James Jones, former Bishop of Liverpool, called for a charter to be drawn up for the families of those killed.

Today, the Government announced that it has now signed the ‘Hillsborough Charter’. “The Hillsborough families have suffered multiple injustices and more than thirty-four years later, too many apologies can never be made for what they have been throughPrime Minister Rishi Sunak said. “And I want to reiterate that apology today and thank the families of Hillsborough for their perseverance, patience and courage». The new charter will ensure better support for these families. In doing so, the government said it also “reaffirmed its commitment to a culture of honesty and transparency in public services».