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...sprawling, gray brick prison near Belfast known as the Maze. There, one after another, I.R.A. members are starving themselves to death for the right, technically, to get the special handling accorded political prisoners instead of being treated as common criminals. But, in a far more profound way, the hunger strikes have come to symbolize the bitter and enduring struggle between the stubborn I.R.A. and the equally stubborn British. By week's end nine hunger strikers had died and others were on what they vowed would be their deathbeds. An inside report on what it is like to live...
...tray of food sits there, untouched. Every once in a while, the hunger striker steals a glance at it. After the first week, the servings seem enlarged to a ravenous man, the beans huge, the scones puffed up. His sense of smell is also more acute; he can detect the kind of food almost before it arrives. The breakfast tray waits until lunch, lunch stays until dinner, and dinner remains all night long. British authorities say they have the obligation to keep food always available. The prisoners consider the practice taunting and cruel...
...country's second largest city, caravans of trucks and buses drove into the center of town with headlights flashing and horns blaring to the cheers of thousands of approving onlookers. The vehicles were festooned with red and white national flags and banners bearing such blunt messages as HUNGER and WE STAND IN LINE UNTIL OUR HEARTS BREAK. Next day as many as 10,000 women and children took to the streets of Lodz in protest...
...seven alleged ETA members in Vizcaya province and the seizure of substantial quantities of arms and ammunition. In an attempt to rebuild its popularity, the beleaguered ETA is now adopting the protest tactics of the Irish Republican Army: a group of 14 ETA prisoners last week launched a hunger strike...
...been convicted of weapons offenses, had both gone more than 60 days without food. Doherty was elected last month to the Irish Parliament, whose membership is open to all Irishmen, north and south. If Doherty and Lynch die, two other I.R.A. prisoners stand ready to join the hunger strikers...