Start of hunger strike at Maze Prison

Title

Start of hunger strike at Maze Prison

Genre

News report

TX Date

Oct 1980

Year of production

1980

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Duration

00:02:59

Description

Eamonn Mallie reports from Northern Ireland on the start of a hunger strike by republican prisoners at the Maze Prison in Belfast in protest against the UK Government’s refusal to grant them political status. Second male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Eamonn Mallie

Keywords

Political prisoners; Government; Internal politics; Northern Ireland; British; Political protests; Republicanism; Maze Prison; Hunger; Prisoners; Belfast

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