Published Monday, 01 June 2009
The Belfast City Hall event has been organised to show solidarity with the family and friends of Catholic man Kevin McDaid, beaten to death by a loyalist mob in Coleraine.
As Mr McDaid was buried on Monday, the event's organisers said the Belfast vigil was in the same spirit as a similar rally organised two months ago to protest against the dissident republican murders of two soldiers and a police officer.
The rally has been organised for 12.30pm on Tuesday by Belfast Community Workers in memory of Mr McDaid who had also worked to build bridges between the Protestant and Catholic communities.
Trade unionists have previously organised rallies against the murders of soldiers Mark Quinsey and Patrick Azimkar, and PSNI officer Stephen Caroll, by dissident republicans in March.
Late last year they also protested when dissident republican groups threatened community workers co-operating with police.
The Northern Ireland Committee of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (NIC-ICTU) confirmed on Monday that it will support the vigil in support of the family, friends and colleagues of Mr McDaid.
The group called on workers to attend the rally in a collective show of opposition to all acts of sectarianism.