LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Denis Faul on hunger strikes

Genre

Interview

TX Date

6 Oct 1980

Year of production

1980

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Duration

00:01:39

Description

Father Denis Faul describes the situation surrounding a hunger strike at Maze Prison, Northern Ireland. He has been asking inmates to suspended the strike to give more time for negotiation. Faul says the British Government is willing to let the prisoners die, but the prisoners are still very determined. Interviewer is Eamonn Mallie.

Contributors

Eamonn Mallie; Denis Faul

Keywords

Political prisoners; Government; Internal politics; Northern Ireland; British; Political protests; Prisons; IRA; Rights of prisoners; Maze Prison; Hunger; Prisoners

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