US Edition'Urgent Action Is Required': UN Experts Slam UK's Treatment of Hunger Strikers
UN experts warn of critical health risks including organ failure and death for eight pro-Palestine hunger strikers in UK prisons after seven weeks without food.
- On Friday, UN human rights experts urged the UK to protect eight pro‑Palestine detainees on hunger strike since Nov. 2, warning their health has 'deteriorated significantly' with risks of organ failure and death.
- The detainees are striking to press five demands, including immediate bail and the de‑proscription of Palestine Action amid a judicial review granted last month after co‑founder Huda Ammori sued.
- Reports detail delayed care, excessive restraint and restricted family contact; last week Qesser Zuhrah waited hours for an ambulance, while four paused hunger strikers and four continuing face severe symptoms.
- Lawyers for the prisoners launched legal action after UK Justice Secretary David Lammy refused their request to meet for urgent negotiations, while Members of Parliament urged ministers to engage.
- The experts emphasised the State's heightened duty of care and equal right to health for detainees, urging independent medical monitoring and emergency hospital care, warning preventable deaths in custody are never acceptable.
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UN experts urge UK to protect Palestine Action hunger strikers’ lives, rights
A group of UN human rights experts have warned the UK government that the pro-Palestine activists on hunger strike in UK prisons risk organ failure and death after seven weeks of hunger strike.
UN experts call for protection of pro-Palestine activists on hunger strike in UK
UN experts on Friday called for the protection of eight pro-Palestine activists on hunger strike while imprisoned in the UK. The eight individuals have been on hunger strike since November 2. The experts expressed concerns regarding the treatment of activists, warning that the UK must comply with its obligations to the individuals under international human rights law. The experts pointed to reports of delayed access to healthcare and a “lack of …
UN Experts Express Alarm Over UK Neglect of Pro-Palestine Hunger Strikers
UN experts have expressed “grave concern” for the lives of imprisoned pro-Palestine activists on hunger strike in the U.K., reminding U.K. authorities of their responsibility to protect the health of the activists after reports of neglect. The experts emphasized that the state has a “heightened, not diminished” responsibility to take care of people when they are on hunger strike. Source
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