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Guantanamo Hunger Strike
A hunger strike has been waged by US-held captives in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, since February with those whose condition has deteriorated most being force-fed. Here, French journalist Sylvie Kauffmann from Le Monde compares and contrasts this hunger strike with the 1981...
The Hunger of Samer Issawi
Four days ago writer/activist Miko Peled from Israel went to Milltown Cemetery, Belfast, visited the grave of Bobby Sands and read the finale of Samer Issawi’s 'Hunger Speech' to Israelis. Miko Peled is an Israeli peace activist whose father was Mattityahu...
Thatcher Row in Paris
Whilst a song fondly recalling Margaret Thatcher – ‘Ding Dong The Witch is Dead’ – soars up the British pop charts, an attempt by a right-wing Paris councilor to name a street after Thatcher has been denounced by a left-wing politician who says it would be more...
Hunger Strike Prevalent
Much of the coverage of the death of Margaret Thatcher and her tenure as British Prime Minister has inevitably focused on her handling of the hunger strikes. Yesterday, within an hour of the announcement of her death, this website received thousands of visits...
Margaret Thatcher Dies
Margaret Thatcher died today on the eve of the 32nd anniversary of Bobby Sands being elected in Fermanagh & South Tyrone with 10,000 more votes than Thatcher received in Finchley.
Comrades Honoured
Twenty five years ago today, three IRA Volunteers, all former prisoners, were shot dead in Gibraltar by anonymous SAS men. The three were Dan McCann, Sean Savage and Mairead Farrell. Today, three of Mairead’s old comrades from her time in Armagh Jail made the journey...
Death In Israeli Custody
The Israeli army has stepped up its attacks on the non-violent demonstrations being held outside Israeli prisons in support of the Palestinian hunger strikers. Tear gas, baton rounds and live ammunition have been used to disperse the crowds, with reports...
Palestinian Hunger Strike Continues
On 15th February Palestinians held non-violent protests outside various Israeli prisons demanding the release of Palestinian prisoners Samer Issawi, Ayman Sharawna and Yousef Abdel Rahman Eshteiwi who are all on hunger strike. Though released in a prisoner...
Cuban Memorial to Hunger Strikers
Thirty-two years after the hunger strikes of 1981, visitors to Cuba continue to pay homage to the ten men who died in the H-Blocks fighting for political status. The memorial to the men in Parque Víctor Hugo (author of Les Miserables), Vedado, Havana, was unveiled by...
Death of Dolours Price
The funeral took place today in West Belfast of veteran republican and former IRA hunger striker Dolours Price (62) who was found dead in her home in Malahide, Dublin, last Wednesday. Former women comrades from jail flanked the Tricolour-draped coffin throughout the...
