Oliver Hughes on Frankie Hughes’s hunger strike

Title

Oliver Hughes on Frankie Hughes’s hunger strike

Genre

Interview

TX Date

2 May 1981

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:04:46

Description

Oliver Hughes, brother of Frankie Hughes who is on hunger strike in The Maze prison and close to death, says his brother embarked on the protest out of choice and is not being pressured by the Irish Republican Army (IRA). Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Oliver Hughes

Keywords

Pope John Paul II; Health; Northern Ireland; Political protests; Prisons; IRA; Maze Prison; Hunger; Prisoners; Bobby Sands; Frankie Hughes

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