US EditionFive Palestine Action prisoners taken to hospital as hunger strike continues
Eight remand prisoners on hunger strike in UK prisons face severe health risks, with five hospitalised and up to 38 days without food, lawyers warn of potential fatalities.
- In a letter, lawyers told Deputy Prime Minister and Justice Secretary David Lammy that Palestine Action prisoners on hunger strike are at risk of death in prison due to rapidly deteriorating health.
- Five of the eight Palestine Action prisoners charged with offenses relating to alleged break-ins or criminal damage, which are denied, have been hospitalized during their hunger strike.
- The family of one prisoner, Kamran Ahmed, says he collapsed in his cell, is having palpitations, and they fear receiving the worst call that he has not made it.
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Pro-Palestine activists have sprayed the Ministry of Justice building in London with red paint, as eight prisoners allegedly affiliated with Palestine Action continue their hunger strike while they await trial.Officers were called to the scene at 7.35am on Friday, "after protesters began spraying paint on the front of the building", Scotland Yard said.Two protesters were arrested on suspicion of criminal damage.The protesters say the red paint w…
Report: Health of detained Palestine Action activists worsening rapidly amid hunger strike
British media outlets said that two of the detainees have lost at least 10 kilograms and have been on hunger strike for over a month, adding that there is a 'real and increasingly likely potential that young British citizens will die in prison, having never been convicted of an offense'
Five Palestine Action Supporters Hospitalized While on Hunger Strike to Protest Imprisonment
In Britain, five political prisoners awaiting trial for supporting the banned protest group Palestine Action have been hospitalized due to deteriorating health as a result of hunger strikes. It’s now the largest coordinated hunger strike in U.K. prisons since the 1981 Irish Republican protests led by political prisoner Bobby Sands.
Five Palestine Action prisoners taken to hospital as hunger strike continues
Five Palestine Action prisoners awaiting trial have been taken to hospital as a result of hunger strikes, lawyers representing them told the justice secretary in a letter shared with Sky News.
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