前爱尔兰共和军领导人Brendan "Bik" McFarlane(1981年Maze绝食抗议的关键人物)已死亡。 Former IRA leader Brendan "Bik" McFarlane, key in the 1981 Maze hunger strike, has died.

1981年Maze监狱绝食抗议的主要组织者、爱尔兰共和军资深人物Brendan "Bik" McFarlane在短暂患病后死亡。 Brendan "Bik" McFarlane, a senior IRA figure and key organizer of the 1981 Maze Prison hunger strikes, has died after a short illness. McFarlane因1975年的一起爆炸事件而被监禁,这次爆炸事件造成5人死亡,后来在1983年英国最大的越狱事件中与37人一起越狱。 McFarlane was imprisoned for a 1975 bombing that killed five people and later escaped with 37 others in the UK's largest prison breakout in 1983. 他在荷兰重新被捕并于1998年获释。 He was recaptured in the Netherlands and released in 1998. Sin Féin领导人Mary Lou McDonald称赞他为爱国者, Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald praised him as a patriot and a leader in the fight for Irish unity.