Events tagged with "political status"

Historical Events tagged with "political status"

Turns out history loves a label—battles, breakthroughs, and the occasional disaster, all neatly tagged for your browsing pleasure. Because sometimes you just need every weird invention in one place.

Bobby Sands Commences Hunger Strike

March 1st, 1981 44 years ago

Bobby Sands, a member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army, began a hunger strike in HM Prison Maze on March 1, 1981. This hunger strike was part of a protest against the British government's denial of political status to IRA prisoners. Sands and other prisoners sought to regain rights they believed were stripped away following a change in legislation. The strike was intended to draw international attention to their plight and the broader issue of Northern Ireland's political situation.