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Hunger strike
Britain’s Palestine solidarity hunger strike ends, momentum grows for direct action

Palestine solidarity hunger strikers in Britain have ended their action after announcing progress toward meeting the strike’s key demands.

“Grave danger looms” over Palestine solidarity hunger strikers in Britain

Palestine solidarity activists on hunger strike in British prisons face life-threatening risks as their protest enters its third month.

Hunger strikers’ lives at risk as Starmer government refuses engagement

Palestine solidarity hunger strikers in Britain face mounting health risks as Starmer government continues to refuse engagement with their demands.

Parents and friends with placards of the six hunger strikers during the pro-Palestine March last Saturday Is the Labour government willing to let Palestine activists on hunger strike die?

Palestine solidarity prisoners in Britain have entered a critical phase of their hunger strike, as the Labour government refuses to address health and civil rights concerns.

Pedro Castillo Betssy Chavez Peru’s former PM Betssy Chávez has launched a hunger strike in prison

The former PM has been in prison since the coup against Pedro Castillo. In her latest letter, she announced she was embarking on a hunger strike, explicitly stating she does not wish to be revived.

Medics on hunger strike against Gaza genocide reach European Parliament

A group of medics protesting the genocide in Gaza through a hunger strike met with European parliamentarians

A peace activist’s hunger strike for Gaza

A first hand account from a solidarity activist and San Francisco mom putting her body on the line for Palestine

Palestinian administrative detainees launch solidarity hunger strike amid concerns over health of Kayed al-Fasfous

Concerns have grown as Kayed al-Fasfous continues an over 60-day hunger strike in protest of his unjust and inhumane detention

1981 Hunger Strike - Ireland Republican sections in Ireland observe 42nd anniversary of 1981 hunger strikes

10 Irish republican prisoners including 27-year-old Bobby Sands starved to death in 1981 at the HM Prison Maze in Northern Ireland while on a hunger strike to protest the revoking of their status as political prisoners

Political prisoners hunger strike Bahrain Prisoners launch hunger strike in Bahrain

The strike was launched at the Jaw Rehabilitation and Reform Center, which is mainly used to imprison government critics, dissidents, human rights activists and pro-democracy campaigners

Sri Lanka privatization Workers launch strike against privatization of Sri Lanka’s state-run petrol corporation

The government’s program to divest from state-run enterprises like the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) and Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) are parts of managing state expenditure as per the IMF’s conditions

Palestinian resistance hunger strike Freedom or martyrdom: Palestinian prisoners to launch hunger strike against Israeli repression 

The hunger strike set to begin on March 22 is part of broader resistance efforts by Palestinian prisoners, including ongoing civil disobedience, against the Israel’s inhumane punitive measures