'My Friend and I Used to Hike in the Highlands - I Fear They'll Die in Prison'
MPs have tabled an early day motion signed by 40 members urging urgent intervention as seven prisoners have been on hunger strike for over 38 days, with five hospitalized.
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UK: Pressure mounts on Lammy over Palestine Action hunger strike
Calls are mounting for British Deputy Prime Minister and Justice Secretary David Lammy to act as eight Palestine Action prisoners continue a prolonged hunger strike while being held on remand. MPs say the situation has become urgent, with several of the prisoners already hospitalised and others now more than 38 days without food. The group began their strike on 20 October in protest at their treatment in custody and what they say are unfair tria…
Speaker blasts Lammy for failing to respond over hunger strikers
Speaker of the House of Commons Lindsay Hoyle has carpeted David Lammy. The justice secretary has failed to respond to a request for a meeting with MPs to discuss the hunger strikers. John McDonnell MP raised a point of order in the Houses of Parliament at 12.36pm today (10 December). He stated: I don’t like doing this Mr Speaker, but I have to. I wrote on behalf of several members to the Secretary of State for Justice last Wednesday. It is in r…
Protests in Bristol in support of major prison hunger strike
In the face of the biggest hunger strike in a generation led by Palestine Action prisoners, Bristol campaigners call for action while mainstream media remains silent The post Protest outside Bristol arms firm as major prison hunger strike continues appeared first on The Bristol Cable.
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