callaghan and northern ireland
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Blanket men (1976)
Special category status removed from terrorist
IRA and INLA promoted blanket protests
Prisoners refused to wear a prison uniform
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Dirty protests (1978)
Prisoners would smear excrement on cell walls and refused to leave cells
Republican prisoners appealed to European Commission on human rights arguing conditions were inhumane
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Number of prisoners in dirty protests
1979: 250
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ECHR report
15th May 1980
rejected case on grounds that conditions were self inflicted
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Callaghan response
Sent British troops
Unpopular with nationalists and republicans
