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What status were the Irish republican prisoners protesting against the removal of?
Political Prisoner Status
Special Category Status
Human Rights Status
Prisoner of War Status
Answer
The status in question, Special Category Status, granted political status to certain Northern Ireland prisoners convicted of violence-related crimes during the Troubles. It entitled them to certain privileges, such as the right to wear their own clothes and associate freely with other prisoners. The prisoners protested its removal as they felt it undermined their political status and was a betrayal of the commitments made in the 1985 Anglo-Irish Agreement.
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