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41st year  -  N° 29                 Thursday, 29 January 2026         Antwerpen		
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Monday 13th of July 1981
45 years, 5 months and 13 days ago




Irish republican hunger striker Martin Edward Hurson born as Mairtin O hUrsain dies of dehydration after 46 days of hungerstriking at the age of 25 in Maze Prison, Lisburn, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.


Hurson, replacing Brendan McLaughlin who withdrew following a perforated stomach ulcer, was the sixth to die in the 1981 Irish Hunger Strike.