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1981 Hunger Strike began

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Bobby Sands, then leader of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) in the Maze Prison, refused food and so began a new hunger strike. The main aim of the new strike was to achieve the reintroduction of political status for Republican prisoners.

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Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993)
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Session: Tuesday, 20 April 1993, at 12:00

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