End of hunger strike

Title

End of hunger strike

Genre

Speech; Parliamentary debate

TX Date

19 Dec 1980

Year of production

1980

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Duration

00:02:40

Description

Parliamentary statement in the House of Commons by Northern Ireland Secretary Humphrey Atkins announcing the end of the hunger strike by republican prisoners at the Maze Prison in Belfast and publishing of document responding to their demands. Also includes speech in response by Don Concannon MP.

Contributors

Humphrey Atkins; Don Concannon

Keywords

Political prisoners; Internal politics; Northern Ireland; UK; Political protests; Prisons; Terrorists; Prison reform; Republicanism; Maze Prison; Hunger; Prisoners; Belfast

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