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- Anti H-Block was the political label used in 1981 by supporters of the Irish republican hunger strike who were standing for election in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. "H-Block" was a metonym for the Maze Prison, within whose H-shaped blocks the hunger strike was taking place. Bobby Sands, the first of these hunger strikers, was nominated in the Westminster April 1981 by-election in Fermanagh and South Tyrone. After his victory and death, the Representation of the People Act was passed to prevent convicted prisoners serving sentences of more than one year from standing for Parliament in the United Kingdom, so Owen Carron, Sands' agent, stood as an "Anti-H-Block Proxy Political Prisoner" and won the seat in the subsequent by-election in August. In the Republic of Ireland's general election in June 1981 twelve candidates ran under the Anti H-Block banner, nine of whom were prisoners. Kieran Doherty and Paddy Agnew won seats in Cavan–Monaghan and Louth respectively, while both Joe McDonnell and Martin Hurson narrowly missed election in Sligo–Leitrim and Longford–Westmeath . Eamonn Sweeney noted that: Altogether, H-Block candidates averaged 15% of the first-preference vote in constituencies they contested. This was a remarkable performance, given that they had been without money, television exposure (thanks to censorship laws), or any sympathetic media. It was probably beyond the wildest dreams of even their director of elections, Daithi O Conaill, who said the day before the election that "if the H-Block prisoner candidates get between 2,500 and 3,000 votes they will have put up a credible performance" The successes of the Anti H-Block movement galvanised the Irish republican movement, and led to the entry the following year into mainstream electoral politics of Sinn Féin. (en)
- Anti H-Block (euskaraz H-Blokearen Aurka) 1981eko Irlandako gose grebalariek urte hartako Ipar Irlandako eta Irlandako Errepublikako Hauteskundeetan aurkezteko erabili zuten hautesmarka da. "H-Block" delako Maze espetxearen laburdura da, espetxe horretan gose grebalariak preso zeuden bloke edo eraikinek oinplanoak H hizkiaren itxura baizuten. Hautesmarka honen izenpean aurkeztu zen lehenbiziko hautagaia Bobby Sands gose grebalaria izan zen, 1981eko apirilean Ipar Irlandako Hauteskundeetan eta Fermanagh eta Hego Tyrone barrutian. Bere hautagaitzak barruti horretan irabazi, Westminsterreko Parlamentuan ordezkaritza eta eserlekua lortu eta Sands gose grebaren ondorioz hiltzean, Britainiar Gobernuak horrelakorik gehiago ez errepikatzeko asmoz bere nahierako legedialdaketa onartu zuen: ordutik aurrera urte bateko espetxe zigorra baina gehiago zuen preso orok ezingo zuen hauteskundeetara aurkeztu ezta Westminsterren eserlekurik izan ere. Hortaz, Britainiar Gobernuaren azpijoko hori ekiditeko, Sandsen agentea izan zen errepublikar ekintzailea "Anti-H-Block Proxy Preso Politiko" gisa aurkeztu eta ondorengo hauteskunde partziala ere irabazi zuen. 1981eko ekaineko Irlandako Errepublikako Hauteskunde Nagusian ere Anti H-Block markaren pean bederatzi errepublikar preso hautagai ere aurkeztu ziren. Kieran Doherty eta presoen hautagaitzek Cavan–Monaghan eta Louth barrutietako ordezkaritza bana irabazi zituzten, bienbitartean Joe McDonnell eta Martin Hurson errepublikar presoen hauatagaitzek Sligo–Leitrim eta Longford–Westmeath barrutietan ordezkaritzak lortzeko ozta-ozta gelditu ziren. Anti H-Block hautesmarkak lortutako arrakasta eta babesaren ondoren Sinn Féin alderdiari elkartzen amaitu zuen. (eu)
- Anti H-Block est une étiquette politique utilisée en 1981 par les partisans de la grève de la faim de la république irlandaise qui se présentent aux élections en Irlande du Nord et en République d'Irlande. « H-Block » est une métonymie désignant la prison de Maze, dans laquelle se déroule la grève de la faim. (fr)
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