Gerry Kelly - Wikipedia
WEBUpon imprisonment in Britain, Kelly, and the other prisoners went on hunger strike demanding political prisoner status and to be transferred to prisons in Northern Ireland. After 60 days on hunger strike, during which he subsequently alleged he was force-fed by prison officers, Kelly was transferred to HMP Maze prison in Northern Ireland in ...
Gerry Kelly relives horrific forced feeding ordeal while on hunger …
WEBAug 11, 2017 · Sinn Féin North Belfast MLA and former IRA hunger striker Gerry Kelly relives publicly for the first time his horrific forced feeding ordeal of over 200 days while on hunger strike in an...
Gerry Kelly speaks: ‘I looked at him and said: “Don’t move or
WEBOct 29, 2013 · Sentenced to life imprisonment in Britain, he and others staged a hunger strike demanding to be transferred to prison in Belfast. Refusing food, he was force-fed 160 times – “pretty horrific ...
Ending Hunger Strike ‘Act of Trust’ – On This Day in 1974
WEBJun 10, 2024 · “We went on hunger strike 206 days ago in support of our demand for political prisoner status and transfer to prison in Northern Ireland,” says a statement issued on Saturday by Dolours and...
How 38 IRA Members Pulled Off the UK’s Biggest Prison Escape
WEBDec 8, 2021 · Since officers regularly kept the solid bulletproof door to the control room open for ventilation purposes due to a prison design flaw, an inmate identified by guards as Gerry Kelly was able to...
Sinn Féin's Gerry Kelly: "We are closer than ever to a united Ireland"
WEBSep 25, 2022 · From bombing the Old Bailey to a 60-day hunger strike to organizing the most epic prison break out in recent history to peace advocate, elected politician and now minister in the stalled...
Gerry Kelly - Alpha History
WEBKelly was arrested in November, convicted and sentenced to two life sentences. He later went on a hunger strike after being denied Special Category Status (SCS); the strike failed after Kelly was force-fed by prison guards.
The Great Escape, finally the inside story of Northern Ireland’s ...
WEBFeb 5, 2014 · In his new book, Gerry Kelly reveals details of mass escape from Long Kesh that enraged Margaret Thatcher.
Force Feeding - An Phoblacht
WEBJul 14, 2011 · Gerry Kelly, Sinn Féin Assembly member for North Belfast, was sentenced in London in November 1973 for his part in the IRA bombing of the Old Bailey. He and a number of other prisoners immediately went on hunger strike for repatriation to Ireland.
Bomber a key figure at the peace talks – The Irish Times
WEBMar 2, 1996 · After their convictions the sisters, Kelly and Hugh Feeney, also from Belfast, embarked on a hunger strike which became a cause ceIebre among nationalists in Ireland.