Anti H-Block party

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The Anti H-Block party was a short-lived Irish republican political group formed around the 1981 hunger strikes to campaign for political status for imprisoned paramilitary members.

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Anti H-Block party canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Irish republican political organisation
political party
activePeriod early 1980s
associatedWith Irish National Liberation Army
Provisional Irish Republican Army
basedIn Northern Ireland
Republic of Ireland
campaignFocus prisoners’ rights
recognition of paramilitary prisoners as political prisoners
country Ireland
dissolved early 1980s
electoralStrategy supporting anti H-Block candidates
formedAroundEvent 1981 hunger strikes
foundedFor 1981 Irish hunger strike
ideology Irish nationalism
Irish republicanism
mainGoal campaign for political status for imprisoned paramilitary members
support 1981 Irish hunger strikers
notableElectionIssue political status for paramilitary prisoners
opposedTo criminalisation policy of British government in Northern Ireland
policy of treating paramilitary prisoners as ordinary criminals
partOf H-Block/Armagh campaign
politicalPosition left-wing
politicalPositionOnNorthernIreland end of British rule in Northern Ireland
region Ireland
status defunct political party

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Referenced by (2)

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Kieran Doherty memberOfPoliticalParty Anti H-Block party
Robert Gerard Sands politicalParty Anti H-Block party