https://padlet.com/f4qrbuz3bs1/zsw8fafqlqrn Hunger Strikes in the Maze en-us 2020-02-03 09:22:22 UTC 2026-03-12 17:03:43 UTC hello@padlet.com stensen https://padlet.com/f4qrbuz3bs1/zsw8fafqlqrn/wish/439608891 the culmination of a five-year protest during The Troubles by Irish republican prisoners in Northern Ireland.]]> 2020-02-03 13:40:58 UTC https://padlet.com/f4qrbuz3bs1/zsw8fafqlqrn/wish/439608891 lykk1208 https://padlet.com/f4qrbuz3bs1/zsw8fafqlqrn/wish/439609872 People were political prisoners, the did two hunger strikes, were shut down by the catholic church.]]> 2020-02-03 13:42:33 UTC https://padlet.com/f4qrbuz3bs1/zsw8fafqlqrn/wish/439609872 stensen https://padlet.com/f4qrbuz3bs1/zsw8fafqlqrn/wish/439610494 2020-02-03 13:43:37 UTC https://padlet.com/f4qrbuz3bs1/zsw8fafqlqrn/wish/439610494 elen03251 https://padlet.com/f4qrbuz3bs1/zsw8fafqlqrn/wish/439610644 The protest began as the blanket protest in 1976, when the british government withdrew special category status (prisoner of war rather than criminal status) for convicted paramilitary status.]]> 2020-02-03 13:43:54 UTC https://padlet.com/f4qrbuz3bs1/zsw8fafqlqrn/wish/439610644 lykk1208 https://padlet.com/f4qrbuz3bs1/zsw8fafqlqrn/wish/439613913 They didn't have the same rights as the other prisoners.

Had five demands to stop the strike

1. the right not to wear a prison uniform;
2. the right not to do prison work;
3. the right of free association with other prisoners, and to organise educational and recreational pursuits;
4. the right to one visit, one letter and one parcel per week;
5. full restoration of remission lost through the protest

]]> 2020-02-03 13:47:20 UTC https://padlet.com/f4qrbuz3bs1/zsw8fafqlqrn/wish/439613913 maix14561 https://padlet.com/f4qrbuz3bs1/zsw8fafqlqrn/wish/439615775 The hunger strike lasted for 55 days. Okay i do not. 
Hunger strik in 1981.

Bobby sands died 5th May 1981.  100.000 people took part of his funeral. ]]> 2020-02-03 13:50:06 UTC https://padlet.com/f4qrbuz3bs1/zsw8fafqlqrn/wish/439615775 elen03251 https://padlet.com/f4qrbuz3bs1/zsw8fafqlqrn/wish/439620687 In January 1981, it became clear that the prisoners' demands had not been conceded. Prison authorities began to supply the prisoners with officially issued civilian clothing, whereas the prisoners demanded the right to wear their own clothing. On the 4th of February, the prisoners issued a statement saying that the British government had failed to resolve the crisis and declared their intention of "hunger striking once more"]]> 2020-02-03 13:55:30 UTC https://padlet.com/f4qrbuz3bs1/zsw8fafqlqrn/wish/439620687