US EditionPalestine Action activist on hunger strike for nearly 70 days 'deteriorating'
The activists demand de-proscription of Palestine Action and an end to UK arms support for Israel; one striker hospitalized and all face over a year in custody before trial.
- Heba Muraisi has been fasting for nearly 70 days, joined by three prisoners on remand in UK remand prisons.
- Palestine Action activists demand de-proscription and UK support end, saying they will starve until their charges related to alleged break-ins at Elbit Systems UK in Bristol and RAF Oxfordshire are dropped.
- Medical experts warn of imminent risk, citing Kamran Ahmed's hospitalisation for a heart complication on day 58 and independent physicians' warning of rapid, irreversible decline, with risks including refeeding syndrome, neurologist Dr David Nicholl said.
- Lawyers say the activists will have spent more than a year in custody before trial, while a letter signed by 50 MPs urged the government to respond positively and humanely.
- South Africans held nationwide protests this past week in solidarity with hunger strikers, linking their struggle to apartheid-era hunger strikers and urging the British government to act.
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South Africa comes out in solidarity with the UK hunger strikers
Organisations in South Africa have taken to the streets, calling for government action to urge the UK to stop the imminent death of political prisoners Heba Muraisi and Kamran Ahmed. Muraisi and Ahmed are “on the brink of death” after two months of a hunger strike against their cruel treatment by the state. They and others face allegations of non-violent action against Israeli arms company Elbit amid Israel’s genocide in Gaza. But because the UK…
What Happens to the Human Body on Hunger Strike?
Two Palestine Action-linked remand prisoners have been on hunger strike for more than 60 days and are at risk of imminent death. Heba Muraisi has been refusing food for 68 days and Kamran Ahmed for 61 days. Medical professionals say they are in a critical phase of the hunger strike and could die at any point. Muraisi and Ahmed are two of nine detainees in UK prisons held on charges relating to Palestine Action activism who have taken part in w…
An urgent appeal to save the lives of Palestine Action hunger strikers
Former hunger strikers To the government of the United Kingdom: We, the undersigned, write to you today as survivors of state violence. We are a collective of former hunger strikers from Palestine, Ireland and Guantánamo Bay. Hunger strikes end only when power intervenes, or when people die. We learned, through pain, permanent damage, and watching our comrades fall, how states behave when prisoners have no choice but to refuse the only right aff…
Health of detained anti-Israel activists in UK said ‘deteriorating’ amid hunger strike
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