With Stuart Graham, Laine Megaw, Brian Milligan, Liam McMahon. ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — An Algerian human rights militant who went on a hunger strike after being jailed in March in the southern city of Ghardaia has died. Inmates Go On Hunger Strike At Santa Clara County's Main Jail - Campbell, CA - Inmates went on a hunger strike to protest the jail's largest COVID-19 outbreak since the pandemic's start in March. The activists said that rank-and-file fighters shared their desire for an end to the conflict, but that leaders on both sides “insist on fighting.”. NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian farmers taking part in more than two months of protest against new agriculture laws began a daylong hunger strike Saturday, as they sought to reaffirm the peaceful nature of their movement following recent violent clashes with police.Farmer leaders said the hunger strike was timed to coincide with the death anniversary of Indian … "But … Moustafa Kassem, detained in Cairo in 2013 and suffering from serious medical problems, had protested his innocence. Other recent hunger-strikes (not by prisoners) by Chief Theresa Spence and others from Canada’s First Nation people are worth noting. A press conference on the hunger strike is set for Monday. Protesters and police clashed Saturday outside the Bergen County Jail, where three ICE detainees continued a hunger strike over jail … There are an estimated 25 to 28 detainees striking at the jail in Kearny. The release of dozens of Nicaraguan detainees came amid bolstered United States sanctions and criticism of a crackdown on hunger strikers. EL PASO, Texas (AP) — The text was alarming: "today medical start force feeding only with me. He belonged from Jeddah, a famous city in Saudi Arabia. But how effective is a hunger strike … Every gesture is difficult for the frail 31-year-old political activist. This latest hunger strike marks his 5th one, and to him, may be the most personal. MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Sixteen Nicaraguan opposition activists, including 13 social leaders who were arrested as they tried to deliver water to hunger strikers protesting the jailing of... MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Thirteen activists including a Belgian-Nicaraguan student were arrested as they tried to deliver aid to relatives of jailed opponents of President Daniel Ortega’s... AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Israel and Jordan announced Monday they have agreed to release two Jordanians held by Israel without charges for over two months, including one woman suffering serious health... AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Jordan is calling on Israel to release a Jordanian woman detained for over a month without trial on security charges. News about Hunger Strikes, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times. Beginning Monday, 23 September, I am going on hunger strike. "You really start to feel it on the third or fourth day," Torres said. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees at the Hudson County jail began a hunger strike Monday, demanding their release amid a coronavirus outbreak at the facility. My nose is bleeding and pain.". A prisoner and a guard in their cell block had been removed because they were suspected of... WASHINGTON (AP) — White supremacist mass murderer Dylann Roof staged a hunger strike this month while on federal death row, alleging in letters to The Associated Press that he’s been “targeted by... TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Two French researchers held for months in a Tehran prison on charges of violating Iran's state security laws have petitioned prison authorities to allow them to get married,... ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A Greek high court on Thursday rejected Russian bitcoin fraud suspect Alexander Vinnik's final appeal against his extradition to France, ending a more than two-year legal... CAIRO (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo “expressed outrage” to Egypt’s president on Sunday at the death of an American citizen who insisted he had been wrongfully held in an Egyptian... CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s foreign minister said on Friday she had raised with her Iranian counterpart the fate of an imprisoned Australian-British academic, who has gone on hunger... CAIRO (AP) — Egypt said Tuesday it would investigate the death in custody of a U.S. citizen who had gone on a hunger strike as part of a six-year battle against what he insisted was wrongful... France's government has summoned Iran's ambassador to demand the release of two French researchers held in a notorious Tehran prison, and to express “extreme concern” about the health of one who... PARIS (AP) — A French-Iranian researcher locked up in Tehran's notorious Evin Prison has gone on a hunger strike along with an academic and co-prisoner from Australia, a rights group... PHOENIX (AP) — A Russian immigrant who was deported after staging a monthlong hunger strike this summer at an Arizona detention center resurfaced in the state a month ago when authorities said he... RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Dozens of Palestinians protested outside an Israeli military court in the occupied West Bank on Thursday calling for the release of a prisoner who has been on a partial... GAUHATI, India (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday postponed traveling for a summit with India's leader in the violence-wracked northeast, where two people have been killed in... MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — A judge says 16 opposition activists will face trial on weapons charges after taking water to women participating in a hunger strike at a church in Nicaragua. Emmeline Pankhurst's sister Mary Clarke died shortly after being force-fed in prison, and others including La… LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Two Kentucky hunger strikers seeking the firing of officers involved in the death of Breonna Taylor ended their protest on Friday after going nearly a month without... DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A prominent Iranian human rights lawyer has begun a hunger strike seeking better prison conditions and the release of political prisoners amid the pandemic, her... LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — University of Kentucky President Eli Capilouto says a controversial mural at the school that has been the object of protest for its depictions of black people and Native... ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A second member of a left-wing popular folk music group that is banned in Turkey has died of a hunger strike in protest of the government’s crackdown on the band, the group... ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A member of a popular folk music group that is banned in Turkey died on the 288th day of a hunger strike she and a colleague started while imprisoned to protest the... CAIRO (AP) — Reza Khandan got the word from friends locked away in Iran’s most feared prison, Evin. (CNN) – Jacob Chansley, a Capitol rioter known as the “QAnon Shaman,” is on an apparent hunger strike. Heba al-Labadi's attorney said Wednesday that she... EL PASO, Texas (AP) — An Indian immigrant who lost a third of his weight during a 70-day hunger strike over the rejection of his asylum claim won temporary release Thursday after a year in U.S.... CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Two reports of rodents, a video showing hair in French fries and claims of undercooked chicken have prompted some students at South Carolina's revered public military... TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — A lawyer for a jailed presidential candidate in Tunisia said his client has started a hunger strike to defend his right to take part in Sunday's election. A algunos les ha costado caro. This is an incomplete list of hunger strikes and people who have conducted a hunger strike. The use of a hunger strike as a means of protest in Ireland is a tradition dating to pre-Christian times. Jawar and Bekele Gerba, another Oromo opposition leader, have been on hunger strike for eight days, while the other defendants "are on their sixth day now", lawyer Tuli Bayyisa said. MOSCOW (AP) — After a monthlong hunger strike, it's a struggle for Lyubov Sobol to even raise her hands. A group of 10 mothers locked in a Texas detention center with their children vowed Tuesday to launch a hunger strike to demand the release of dozens of women pursuing asylum claims, advocates say. As Americans have taken to the streets demanding racial justice, restaurants and nonprofits have provided meals for them, building upon a long legacy of food as resistance. ICE detainees at the Essex County jail also began a hunger strike on Monday, the Abolish ICE NY-NJ Coalition said. EL PASO, Texas (AP) — An Indian immigrant who lost a third of his weight during a 70-day hunger strike over the rejection of his asylum claim won temporary release Thursday after a year in U.S.... Military college cadets stage hunger strike at The Citadel BEIJING (AP) — Authorities have given no word on the status of Chinese legal rights activist Guo Feixiong after he was blocked from leaving the country last week to join his family in the United... NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian farmers taking part in more than two months of protest against new agriculture laws began a daylong hunger strike Saturday, as they sought to reaffirm the peaceful nature... LIMA, Peru (AP) — At least four doctors began a hunger strike Wednesday as a protest against the substandard working conditions that Peru's medical workers say they have faced in fighting the... NEW DELHI (AP) — Tens of thousands of protesting Indian farmers called for a national farmers' strike on Monday, the second in a week, to press for the quashing of three new laws on agricultural... TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A leading Iranian human rights lawyer has been released from prison, Iran's state-run news agency reported Saturday, after she was earlier hospitalized amid a hunger-strike... RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — A Palestinian prisoner held by Israel has agreed to end more than 100 days of hunger strike, his family and a prisoner rights’ advocate said Friday, claiming he had... AUBURN, Maine (AP) — About 30 inmates at the Androscoggin County Jail held a short-lived hunger strike to demand more testing for the coronavirus, officials in Maine said. Indian farmers and their leaders spearheading more than two months of protests against new agriculture laws began a daylong hunger strike Saturday, directing their fury toward Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government. It has cost some dearly. The prison authorities subjected them to force-feeding, which the suffragettes categorized as a form of torture. For nearly two years, Nicaraguans have been rising up against their government. The husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe told the BBC that his wife had eaten some... LONDON (AP) — A British-Iranian woman jailed in Tehran for more than three years has begun a hunger strike to protest her detention, her husband said Saturday. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a British-Iranian national, has been imprisoned in Tehran since 2016. In the early 20th century suffragettes frequently endured hunger strikes in British prisons. Several recent articles have addressed the ethics of treating hunger strikers,1 2 but there is less information available on the physiological issues. One… EL PASO, Texas (AP) — An attorney for an Indian man seeking asylum in the U.S. says he has been force-fed at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Texas as they approach their... CAIRO (AP) — Amnesty International says 130 detainees in a notorious Egyptian prison have been on hunger strike for more than six weeks to protest what it calls "cruel and inhumane detention... EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Three Indian nationals seeking asylum in the U.S. have been forced to receive IV drips at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Texas as they approach their... PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities have won a court order to force-feed an emaciated immigrant who has staged a monthlong hunger strike at an immigration detention center in Arizona as he awaits his... NEW DELHI (AP) — India's Catholic Church, already rocked by allegations that a bishop raped a nun, is facing an uprising by hundreds of priests against one of the country's four cardinals... LONDON (AP) — A British-Iranian woman imprisoned in Iran has ended her hunger strike after 15 days. Abolition Media Worldwide reports on recent hunger strike by ICE detainees in so-called New Jersey. Activists intend to recruit other supporters to the strike through the weekend. They put the pipe in my nose 3 time. Hunger strikes in different parts of the world are regularly in the news. MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Political violence broke out at a Roman Catholic church in the Nicaraguan city of Masaya on Thursday as government sympathizers attacked parishioners with clubs, machetes... MILAN, N.M. (AP) — A dozen Cuban asylum-seekers detained in a New Mexico have twice been placed in solitary confinement for going on hunger strikes, two of the asylum-seekers said. At the Essex County Jail in Newark, a COVID-19 outbreak led to a hunger strike beginning Dec. 28. The Hudson and Essex hunger strikes follow two recent hunger strikes at Bergen County Jail and two hunger strikes in March at the Hudson County Jail. I have been reading about it for over 30 years with more than a passing interest. Connect with the definitive source for global and local news, By MAGGIE MICHAEL, SARAH EL DEEB and LEE KEATH, By CEDAR ATTANASIO, MARTHA MENDOZA and GARANCE BURKE, By MARTHA MENDOZA, GARANCE BURKE and CEDAR ATTANASIO, By CEDAR ATTANASIO, GARANCE BURKE and MARTHA MENDOZA. Directed by Steve McQueen. There had been hunger strikes by Irish republican prisoners since 1917, and twelve men had previously died on hunger strike. Ahmed Zaid Salim Zuhair was a Saudi National born in 1965. Los nicaragüenses se han estado levantando contra el gobierno durante casi dos años. LIMA, Peru (AP) — Supporters cheered late Friday as once-powerful opposition leader and two-time Peruvian presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori left the prison where she had been held while being... MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Relatives of a dozen people protesting inside a Nicaragua church say they and the parish priest have been evacuated after nine days surrounded by police. The husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who has been held in Iran since 2016, has camped out in front of the Iranian Embassy to demand her release. Among the other recent hunger strikes is one that began in New York's Battery Park near the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island before heading inside a downtown church where about 40 men and women, mostly immigrants, recently fasted for 72 hours in protest and to urge Congress and the Obama administration to take action. The national committee for the families of Palestinian martyrs in the Gaza Strip declared on Saturday starting hunger strike as of tomorrow Sunday to protest the Palestinian Authority’s persistence in suspending their allowances. Doctors with an interest in human rights may be asked to give independent medical advice to an asylum seeker intending to start a hunger strike. For immigrants languishing behind bars, a hunger strike is often the sole remaining means of protest against a dehumanizing and unjust system. She was released, as the authorities did not want her to become a martyr. JERUSALEM (AP) — Relatives and supporters of a Palestinian man held without charge by Israel said he was in critical condition in an Israeli hospital Wednesday following a hunger strike of more... TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A leading Iranian human rights lawyer has been hospitalized a month after launching a hunger strike seeking better prison conditions and the release of political prisoners amid... KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — On a sunny June day in Nepal, hundreds of young people in face masks stood a meter apart behind the barbed-wire barricades and rows of riot police guarding the prime... ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A human rights lawyer on hunger strike in a Turkish prison to demand a fair trial for herself and colleagues has died, an attorney’s group said. Her husband camped out in front of the Iranian Embassy in London to demand her release. 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