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Pope was ‘gravely concerned’ by escalation of dirty protest
STATE PAPERS: NORTHERN IRELANDBY Dr Eamon Phoenix
30/12/08

CATEGORY: By May 23 1978 more than 320 prisoners in the H Blocks at the Maze were refusing to wear prison clothes or to work in protest at the removal of special category status
Pope was 'gravely concerned' by escalation of dirty protest
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