In 1981, ten Irish republicans starved themselves to death in Northern Ireland, demanding to be recognised as political prisoners. Their leader, Bobby Sands, survived 66 days without food before he ...

On May 5, 1981, Bobby Sands, an Irish Republican Army (IRA) prisoner in Long Kesh, died after 66 days on hunger strike. His death, along with those of nine other hunger strikers, sent shockwaves ...

London, UK (CNN) — Heba Muraisi knows exactly what is happening to her body. “My organs are slowly but surely shutting down,” she said late Monday via phone call from HMP New Hall, a prison in ...