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Date Posted: 16:03:37 12/06/01 Thu
Author: Irish Republican Student Jordanstown
Subject: Irish Hunger Strike Exhibition Banned by University of Ulster Derry.

BCelfast Telegraph 6th December 2001.

THE University of Ulster was today embroiled in controversy after banning a photographic exhibition of the 1981 hunger strikes from its Magee campus in Derry.

The exhibition, which was due to open today and has already been shown at other universities, was banned by Magee provost Professor Jim Allen, who claimed the university's reputation for impartiality had to the top priority.

But the decision has been greeted with anger by the exhibition organisers who insist students should be allowed to find out more about an important phase in Irish history.

Prof Allen said the request to host the exhibition had been given full consideration.

"It is our policy to encourage the community to avail of our resources and facilities where appropriate, for social and cultural and recreational purposes," he said.

Frank Walsh of the Sinn Fein society at Magee accused the university of discriminating against his group.

Magee Students' Union president, Colum Delaney, said he believed the exhibition should have been allowed to go ahead.

Two of the hunger strikers who died, Patsy O'Hara and Michael Devine, were from Derry.

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