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Kurdish artists and cartoonists threatened in Iran
Cartoonist Atena Farghadani is not new to Iranian regime’s pressure. She was released from prison a little while ago, but now death threats are being issued against her
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Victory to the Hunger strikers
Last week, we remembered with pride Bobby Sands and Francis Hughes, who died on hunger strike in the H-Blocks of Long Kesh in 1981
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KURDISH HUNGER STRIKES. INTENSIFY DESPITE HOPES OF DIALOGUE
there is now serious concern that after an unbelievable 54 days on hunger strike (as of April 9th) a number of prisoners are passing the point of no return
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I am proud to be a rebel – Roger Casement by Gerry Adams
Tuesday was the anniversary of Big Doc’s (Kieran Doherty) death on hunger strike. He died the day after Kevin Lynch
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Bobby Sands: The revolutionary spirit of freedom
At 1.17 a.m. on Tuesday, May 5th, 1981, having completed sixty-five days on hunger-strike, Bobby Sands MP, died in the H-Block prison hospital at Long Kesh
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Sanders wrote to Thatcher about 1981 Hunger Strike in Long Kesh
A letter in the political archive at the University of Vermont reveals that US presidential candidate Bernie Sanders wrote to British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in July 1981
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