Event - May 12

Event:
1981 - Francis Hughes starves to death in the Maze Prison in a Republican campaign for political prisoner status to be granted to Provisional IRA prisoners.

Reference:
1981: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981
Francis Hughes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Hughes
Starves to death: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunger_strike
Maze Prison: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maze_Prison
Republican: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_republicanism
Political prisoner status: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/political_prisoner
Provisional IRA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provisional_Irish_Republican_Army


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