H-block hunger strike

Title

H-block hunger strike

Genre

News report; Press conference

TX Date

24 Apr 1981

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:02:23

Description

Report on stalemate in the Maze Prison hunger strike as the British Government refuses to budge and Bobby Sands comes close to death. Includes press conference with visiting former United States Attorney General, Ramsey Clark, expressing sympathy with the hunger strikers. Paul Larsman(?) reports.

Contributors

Paul Larsman(?); Ramsey Clark

Keywords

Deaths; Political prisoners; Human rights; Internal politics; Margaret Thatcher; Northern Ireland; UK; British; Political protests; Prisons; Terrorists; Members of Parliament; Prime ministers; Maze Prison; Hunger; Government policy; Prisoners; Belfast; Bobby Sands

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