Force feeding in Guantanamo Bay
Force feeding in Guantanamo Bay

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By Gerry Adams (for Leargas)

Last Sunday was the 32nd anniversary of the death on hunger strike of Bobby Sands. The death of Bobby and his nine comrades, and of many others outside the prison radicalised a whole new generation. The 1981 hunger strike was a watershed in recent Irish history. Two other Irish republicans died on hunger strike in English prisons; Michael Gaughan in 1974 and Frank Stagg in 1976.

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