HM Prison Maze However, the government immediately reverted to their previous stance, in the belief that the prisoners would not start another strike. Bobby Sands, the leader of the Provisional IRA prisoners, began a second action on 1 March 1981. Outside the prison, in a major publicity coup, Sands was nominated for Parliament and won the Fermanagh and South Tyrone by-election. But the British government still resisted and on 5 May, after 66 days on hunger strike, Sands died. More than 100,000 people attended Sands' funeral in Belfast. Another nine hunger strikers (members of both the IRA and the INLA) died by the
Hunger Strike! Inc. Hunger Strike! Inc. Hunger Strike! Inc. was a charitable 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provided medical, health, education, and financial services. It commenced operations in 1988 as a group that fed and clothed the homeless in the Washington, D.C. area. In 1990, it was formally incorporated. The operations later expanded to Maryland, Virginia, and Florida. In 1993, the organization began offering free physical assessments and free seminars on "Health, Nutrition, and Natural Remedies". These seminars were conducted in the United States, India, Sri Lanka, Germany, and Denmark. Invitations were extended from Romania and Pakistan. In India and Sri Lanka, Hunger Strike!