H-Block protest

Title

H-Block protest

Genre

Interview; Special

TX Date

25 Apr 1981

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:03:02

Description

Interview at a protest (chanting heard) against Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s treatment of prisoners on hunger strike in Northern Ireland with organiser Kieran O’Hara(?). Talks about hunger striker Bobby Sands being elected an MP and the letter being handed to Northern Ireland Secretary Humphrey Atkins urging the Government to grant the prisoners political status. Female interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Kieran O’Hara(?)

Keywords

Deaths; Political prisoners; Internal politics; Margaret Thatcher; Northern Ireland; UK; British; Political protests; Prisons; Terrorists; Demonstrations; Members of Parliament; Humphrey Atkins; Prime ministers; Maze Prison; Hunger; Government policy; Prisoners; Cabinet ministers; Belfast; Letters (documents); Bobby Sands

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