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Prisoners Force-Fed At Guantanamo
Extra medical staff have been sent to the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where almost two-thirds of the detainees are on hunger strike, with many being force-fed. to help address a hunger strike that has spread to nearly two-thirds of the detainees. The...
Unionists Resist Peace Centre
A thought-provoking piece on the continuing debate over a peace centre at the site Long Kesh/H-Blocks and unionist opposition to it is published on the website of The Detail. More can be read about The Detail here.
Boris Johnson on the Hunger Strike
Boris Johnson, interviewed on BBC Radio 4’s World At One today recalled the 1981 hunger strike and at first he was frank – but then you can hear his big ‘But’ come in to correct and qualify what he was thinking. He was asked was he always a fan of Margaret...
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...
