Emma Groves

Emma Groves (1920 – 2 April 2007) was a leading campaigner for banning the use of plastic bullets and a co-founder of the United Campaign Against Plastic Bullets in Northern Ireland. She began her campaign after she was blinded from being struck in the face by a rubber bullet in 1971.

Read more about Emma Groves:  Shooting Incident, Campaign To Ban Plastic Bullets

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