Call to remember those killed outside prison walls during hunger strikes
A prominent victims campaigner has called for the remembrance of those who were killed during the period of the 1981 hunger strikes in Northern Ireland. The death of IRA prisoner Bobby Sands 40 years ago this week, followed by nine other republicans during a hunger strike at the Maze Prison in Co Antrim, sparked significant civil unrest across Northern Ireland. Kenny Donaldson of the victims’ group SEFF said 57 people were killed outside the walls of the prison over the period from the first ...
Source: milfordmercury.co.uk