US EditionPalestine Action hunger strikers ‘set to die unless minister acts’
Fifty-one MPs and peers urge Justice Secretary David Lammy to meet lawyers of eight hunger-striking Palestine Action prisoners facing prolonged pre-trial detention.
- On Wednesday in London, lawyers and loved ones warned eight Palestine Action-affiliated remand prisoners on hunger strike could die without urgent intervention.
- Of 29 remand prisoners, eight are on hunger strike to protest prolonged pre-trial detention, counter-terrorism charges, and demand bail, a fair trial, de-proscription of Palestine Action, and disclosure on UK ties to Elbit Systems.
- Families say five hospitalised hunger strikers have not eaten for forty days or more, with Qesser Zuhrah losing 13 percent body weight and Kamran Ahmed suffering convulsions and dangerous ketone levels.
- More than 50 MPs and peers have written urging Justice Secretary David Lammy to meet prisoners' legal teams, while Prime Minister Keir Starmer said "rules and procedures" are being followed despite declined meeting requests.
- Campaigners note the strike is the largest coordinated hunger strike in UK prisons since 1981, and say the UK government’s proscription of Palestine Action raises legal and political questions about policing dissent.
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UK Hunger Strike: Palestine Activists Near Death as State Stalls
A serious crisis is rapidly unfolding inside UK prisons as eight Palestine Action-Affiliated activists held on remand continue a prolonged hunger strike (the biggest in the UK since 1981), that has already forced five of them into hospital. Lawyers warn that the group, detained under “terrorism charges,” are being left to face death while government officials remain silent. Legal representatives from Imran Khan & Partners Solicitors have appeale…
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