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Bobby Sands

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Name: Bobby Sands

First reported 9 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 1 reports

Donegal man charged with Hyde Park bombing makes no bail application

A DONEGAL man charged with the murders of four soldiers over 30 years ago in one of the most notorious IRA bombings of the Troubles has been remanded in custody. John Anthony Downey (61) appeared via videolink at the Old Bailey in London yesterday in ... [Published Irish Independent - 9 hours ago]

Entities: Bombing, Bail, Good Friday Agreement, Bomb, Murderer

First reported 11 hours ago - Updated 11 hours ago - 1 reports

Gitmo hunger bangs at pains to make an impression

By Peter LucasWhat if you staged a hunger strike and nobody noticed?Worse: What if you staged a hunger strike and nobody cared?Worse still: What if you staged a hunger strike and people wished you good luck?That is the situation down at Guantanamo Bay, ... [Published Lowell Sun - 11 hours ago]

Entities: Peter Lucas, Starvation, Irish Republican Army, Detainee, Torture

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 4 reports

Donegal man on multiple murder charge over Hyde Park bombing

A DONEGAL man has been charged with murdering four British soldiers over 30 years ago in one of the most notorious IRA atrocities of the Troubles.John Anthony Downey, with an address at Ards, Creeslough in Donegal, appeared in court in London yesterday ... [Published Irish Independent - May 23 2013]

Entities: Donegal (Ireland), Bombing, Roy John, Bomb

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Unionist leader 'appalled' by guide

The Ulster Unionist leader Mike Nesbitt has said he is "appalled" by an English teaching guide dealing with the hunger strikes.The guide, distributed to secondary school children, accompanies the novel Bog Child by Siobhan Dowd.Mr Nesbitt said he was ... [Published BBC - May 21 2013]

Entities: Mike Nesbitt, Siobhan Dowd, Danny Morrison

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

We will not allow our childrens` education to be corrupted by Provo ideology – Nesbitt

The Ulster Unionist Party is calling for the immediate withdrawal of the teaching guide published by the Northern Ireland Curriculum to accompany the book Bog Child. The notes are available to all Key Stage 3 pupils, aged between 11 and 14.The guide encourages ... [Published Ulster Unionist Party - May 21 2013]

Entities: Mike Nesbitt, Education, Sinn Féin, Ulster Unionist party, Bobby Sands

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 2 reports

Irish Republican Army

Row over infamous Maze prison

BELFAST: On a quiet country road south of Belfast, only the sudden appearance of a watchtower and portions of walls offer any hint of what was once Europe's most notorious prison. After the last inmates walked out of the gates in 2000, the bulldozers ... [Published Sydney Morning Herald - May 20 2013]

Entities: Irish Republican Army, Daniel Libeskind, prison, Pat Sheehan

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Sinn Féin

Republican march in Enniskillen to mark Bobby Sands...

A memorial march by republicans to remember IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands (pictured) on the 32nd anniversary of his death will take place in Enniskillen on Sunday at 5.30pm.Organised by the Eamonn Ceannt Society Fermanagh, the march, featuring one band, ... [Published Impartial Reporter - May 16 2013]

Entities: Bobby Sands, Raymond McCartney, Éamonn Ceannt, Sinn Féin

First reported May 11 2013 - Updated May 11 2013 - 1 reports

A burger joint and street in Tehran, Iran, pay homage to Irish hunger striker Bobby Sands (IrishCentral)

Iranian revolutionists looked to Sands as inspiration in the early ‘80s Unlikely as it may sound, two spots in Tehran, Iran pay homage to Bobby Sands, the IRA activist who died while hunger striking in the Maze Prison in Northern Ireland.Perhaps a bit ... [Published Irish Central - May 11 2013]

Entities: Bobby Sands, Tehran, Iran, Winston Churchill

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 1 reports

Bobby Sands Mountain Walk

Organised by the Andersonstown Social Climbers and the Colin Commemoration Committee, the walk covered the Divis and Black Mountains overlooking west Belfast, home to three of the 1981 Hunger-strikers – Bobby Sands MP, Joe McDonnell and Kieran Doherty ... [Published An Phoblacht - May 08 2013]

Entities: Bobby Sands, Joe McDonnell, Kieran Doherty

First reported May 05 2013 - Updated May 05 2013 - 2 reports

This day in history - May 5

Today’s Highlight in History:•On May 5, 1813, Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard, considered the father of existentialism, was born in Copenhagen.On this date:•In 1821, Napoleon Bonaparte, 51, died in exile on the island of St. Helena.•In 1862, Mexican ... [Published Worcester Telegram & Gazette - May 05 2013]

Entities: Skye Sweetnam, Roni Stoneman, Addis Abeba, Tina Yothers, Shawn Drover

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 2 reports

How Barbaric Is Forced Feeding?

Kent Sepkowitz describes the procedure, which many Gitmo prisoners have been subjected to:During my training, I placed countless feeding tubes (and larger hoses to pump stomachs). Without question, it is the most painful procedure doctors routinely inflict ... [Published Atlantic Monthly - May 02 2013]

Entities: Red Army Faction, Bobby Sands, Glottis, Vladimir Bukovsky

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 2 reports

From Gandhi to Bobby Sands: Hunger strikers through history

By Matthew DeLuca, Staff Writer, NBC NewsFew forms of civil disobedience attract the same level of public attention as a hunger strike. Visceral, agonizing, and striking at a person’s most simple needs, the method of protest has been used the world over ... [Published NBCNews.com - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Bobby Sands, protest, Cesar Chavez (United States), Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, United Farm Workers of America

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Donegal man charged with Hyde Park bombing make... [Published Irish Independent - 9 hours ago]
Gitmo hunger bangs at pains to make an impression [Published Lowell Sun - 11 hours ago]
The threshold of polarisation [Published Asia News Network - 17 hours ago]
Donegal man on multiple murder charge over Hyde... [Published Irish Independent - May 23 2013]
Donegal man on multiple murder charge over IRA ... [Published Belfast Telegraph - May 23 2013]
Man charged in deadly 1982 IRA bombing in London [Published GlobalPost - May 23 2013]
UK News Hyde Park Bomb: Man Charged Over 1982 A... [Published Free Radio - May 22 2013]
Man charged over IRA Hyde Park bombing in 1982 [Published The Scotsman - May 22 2013]
Hyde Park Bomb: Man Charged O... [Published Real Radio Scotland - May 22 2013]
BREAKING NEWS: Man charged with murder of four ... [Published Mail Online UK - May 22 2013]
Hyde Park bomb: John Anthony Downey charged wit... [Published London Evening Standard - May 22 2013]
Unionist leader 'appalled' by guide [Published BBC - May 21 2013]
We will not allow our childrens` education to b... [Published Ulster Unionist Party - May 21 2013]
Row over infamous Maze prison [Published Sydney Morning Herald - May 20 2013]
A Prison Site's Future Stirs Up the Ghosts of I... [Published Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - May 19 2013]
Lead Letter: Hunger strikes in history [Published Florida Times-Union - May 16 2013]
Republican march in Enniskillen to mark Bobby S... [Published Impartial Reporter - May 16 2013]
Arlene could be First Minister - but Robinson g... [Published Impartial Reporter - May 16 2013]
Former lawman jailed on probation violation ove... [Published WSMV - May 16 2013]
US Congress critical of UK inquiry into 1989 ki... [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 15 2013]
Francis Hughes â Died on May 12th 1981 on hunge... [Published An Phoblacht - May 12 2013]
A burger joint and street in Tehran, Iran, pay ... [Published Irish Central - May 11 2013]
Guantánamo hunger strike grows, highlights abus... [Published The Militant - May 11 2013]
The Divided Kingdom [Published America Magazine - May 10 2013]
Water is key to survival [Published NBCNews.com - May 10 2013]
In memory of the Iron Lady [Published St. Catharines Standard - May 10 2013]
'Struggle must be seen to the end' [Published Impartial Reporter - May 09 2013]
McCartney shares memories of Bobby Sands [Published Impartial Reporter - May 09 2013]
Bobby Sands remembered â Sunday 5 May [Published An Phoblacht - May 09 2013]
Lawyer Calls For Pragmatic Approach At Guantána... [Published Here & Now - May 08 2013]

Blogs

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Force-Feeding Hunger Striking Gitmo Detainees I... [Published Think Progress - May 07 2013] Restraint chair used to force-feed Gitmo hunger strikers (Credit: Sgt. Brian Godette) A lawyer representing several prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay prison said on Monday that hunger striking detainees have described to him the excruciatingly painful ...
How Barbaric Is Forced Feeding? [Published The Daily Dish \| By Andrew Sullivan - May 02 2013] Kent Sepkowitz describes the procedure, which many Gitmo prisoners have been subjected to: During my training, I placed countless feeding tubes (and larger hoses to pump stomachs). Without question, it is the most painful procedure doctors routinely ...
The hunger of Samer Issawi– and Bobby Sands [Published Mondoweiss - Apr 16 2013] Writer/activist Miko Peled stood over the grave site of Irish Nationalist revolutionary hero and hunger-striker Bobby Sands at Milltown Cemetery in Belfast and read the finale of Samer Issawi’s ‘Hunger Speech’ to Israelis . Peled: I'm going to read ...
Wayne K. Spear: Never mind left or right, Thatc... [Published National Post \| Full Comment » Full Comment - Apr 13 2013] Among the “good riddances” this past week were exhibitions of ill grace from British citizens not yet born in 1979, the year Margaret Thatcher captured the office of Prime Minister. It happens that 1979 is a year I recall vividly — from the retreat of ...
Dissents Of The Day, Ctd [Published The Daily Dish \| By Andrew Sullivan - Apr 10 2013] Readers push back against my push-back : Blegh. What about Republican gay-bashing couldn’t be described as part of their “war with the left”? How can we accept your Thatcherian position in the context of your uncompromising hate-fest for Bill Clinton ...