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Maze Prison protest - Sile de Valera view

Title
Maze Prison protest - Sile de Valera view
Genre
Speech
TX Date
Unknown
Year of production
1980
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Duration
00:01:36
Description
Speech by Irish Fianna Fail politician Sile de Valera in Letterkenney during campaigning for the Donegal by-election, on the condition of the Republican hunger strikers at the Maze Prison in Belfast and about the callous attitude of UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher the British Governement towards the protest.
Contributors
Sile de Valera
Keywords
Elections; Human rights; Government; Internal politics; Margaret Thatcher; Northern Ireland; UK; Political protests; Terrorists; Rights of prisoners; Prime ministers; Republicanism; Maze Prison; Prisoners; Belfast; Election campaigns; Donegal; Letterkenney

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