7 h. ago Hunger strikers can eat again after £2 billion military deal axed

After 73 days, the largest coordinated hunger strike in British prison history has ended as activists announced they will resume eating following the UK government's decision not to award a huge military contract

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31 h. ago Palestine Action hunger strike ends after 73 days after 'one of key demands met'

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34 h. ago Rights group disputes claim ministers cannot act over Palestine Action

Human Rights Watch says attorney general has power to facilitate immediate bail, one of activists’ key demandsHuman Rights Watch has written to the attorney general saying ministers’ claims that they cannot intervene in the hunger strike by Palestine Action-affiliated prisoners is “not fully true”.One of the demands by those refusing food is for immediate bail and the NGO says Richard Hermer, the government’s most senior law officer, could facilitate this by instructing prosecutors not to oppose their bail applications, although the government denied this. Continue reading...

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68 h. ago London Protest Explodes As Palestine Action Hunger Strike Rages Outside British Ministry Of Justice

London Protest Explodes As Palestine Action Hunger Strike Rages Outside British Ministry Of Justice  Times of India

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4 d. ago Fears for Palestine Action activist who has been on hunger strike for nearly 70 days

Heba Muraisi, 31, has lost 10kg, is struggling to breathe and is suffering from headaches after turning down food at HMP New Hall in Yorkshire following alleged break-ins and criminal damage.

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5 d. ago Palestinian Action hunger striker ‘deteriorating’ after losing 10kg in 69

Heba Muraisi is among three Palestine Action activists still on hunger strike while awaiting trial in the UK

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5 d. ago Palestinian Action hunger striker ‘deteriorating’ after losing 10kg in 69 day starvation protest

Heba Muraisi is among three Palestine Action activists still on hunger strike while awaiting trial in the UK

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7 d. ago Irish hunger strike survivor's grim warning as Heba Muraisi passes Bobby Sands record

Irish hunger strike survivor Pat Sheehan warns Heba Muraisi as she passes Bobby Sands’ 66-day protest record. The Sinn Féin MLA tells Palestine strikers of the toll on friends and family

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7 d. ago UK hunger striker is 'close to death' warns MP as Commons leader steps in

Barry Gardiner MP urged the Commons leader to intervene for Heba Muraisi, 31, who is on day 67 of her hunger strike at HMP New Hall. She is awaiting trial on charges which she denies

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7 d. ago Keir Starmer 'must act now' to save life of dying hunger striker on brink of death

HMP Pentonville prisoner Kamran Ahmed has been hospitalised for the sixth time after 60 days on hunger strike, with MP Zarah Sultana warning he is at imminent risk of death and calling for immediate bail

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8 d. ago UK hunger striker 'dying in cell' after 66 days without food is 'terrified' as visitors blocked

Heba Muraisi, 31, is facing imminent death as she reaches 66 days without food as part of her hunger strike for Palestine. She is currently being held at HMP New Hall in Yorkshire

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8 d. ago Let’s be clear: if the Palestine Action hunger strikers die, the government will bear moral responsibility | George Monbiot

The three remaining hunger strikers have been convicted of nothing. Yet with astonishing cruelty, ministers refuse to listen to their reasonable demandsThey are far into the lethal zone. Three people who are being held in prison on charges connected with the protest group Palestine Action have been on hunger strike for 45, 59 and 66 days. A fourth prisoner, Teuta Hoxha, ended her strike this week, after 58 days. She could suffer lifelong health effects. The remaining strikers, Heba Muraisi, Kamran Ahmed and Lewie Chiaramello, could pass away at any time. The 10 IRA and INLA hunger strikers who died in 1981 survived for between 46 and 73 days. Muraisi, whose strike has lasted the longest, is, according to supporters, now struggling to breathe and suffering uncontrollable muscle spasms – possible signs of neurological damage. Yet the government refuses to engage.It created this situation. The Crown Prosecution Service states that the maximum time a prisoner can spend on remand is 182 ...

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1 week ago Hunger striker on day 64 'reminds herself to breathe' as mum shares heartbreaking letter

Palestine hunger striker Heba Muraisi faces severe neurological symptoms on day 64 of her hunger strike as her mother shares a heart-breaking letter, marking the longest UK protest of its kind since 1981

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1 week ago Waiting for the Out review – Poignant prison drama tackles the reality of modern masculinity

Josh Finan gives a delicate, sensitive performance as an academic teaching a beginner class in philosophy at a British prison

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1 week ago Mamdani went on a hunger strike with this cab driver in 2021. He drove the NYC mayor to his inauguration four years later

Early in his political career, Mamdani went on a 15-day hunger strike to help taxi drivers receive relief from crippling debt

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1 week ago Hunger striker for Palestine 'loses ability to speak' after 61 days without food

Heba Muraisi, who is being held at HMP New Hall in Flockton, says she is losing the ability to "form sentences, and struggling to maintain conversation" after going on hunger strike

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2 w. ago Grim DNA discovery as bloody gun used to kill 2 kids 'belonged to mum who fled country after deaths'

Kimberlee Singler, 37, was extradited to the US last week after nearly two years in a British prison.

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2 w. ago Brit prisoner, 31, 'loses ability to speak' after starving herself for nearly two months

A British activist detained without conviction is in critical condition after nearly two months on hunger strike, as part of the largest coordinated protest of its kind in British prisons

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2 w. ago Prisoner on Palestine Action hunger strike ‘losing the ability to speak’, say campaigners

Four activists remain on hunger strike with some experiencing serious health decline, according to Prisoners for Palestine

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2 w. ago Butcher behind 'some of the most brutal crimes in human history': How warlord Charles Taylor oversaw 250,000 murders with children forced to kill their own parents... but now rots in a British prison

Under Charles Taylor's influence, armed groups in Liberia and Sierra Leone carried out killings, mutilations, forced recruitment of children and widespread sexual violence.

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