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World - Region
3/11/2023 1:43:25 PM
Palestinian inmates in Israeli prisons say they will intensify their protest against measures taken by Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir, according to Palestinian news agency WAFA.

World - Region
2/26/2023 9:27:59 PM
At least 22 Syrian migrants detained for more than five months in Libya began a hunger strike Monday to demand their release, a Libyan rights group said.

Arts & Culture - Screens
2/4/2023 11:50:17 AM
Acclaimed Iranian director Jafar Panahi was released on bail Friday, two days after going on hunger strike to protest his imprisonment last summer, his supporters said.

World - International
12/14/2022 6:23:46 PM
Georgia's jailed ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili announced a new hunger strike Wednesday after authorities didn't ensure a video link between the hospital where he is being held and his court hearing.

World - Region
11/29/2022 7:37:40 PM
A Belgian aid worker detained in Iran is on a hunger strike over the "inhuman" treatment by his captors, his family said on Tuesday, expressing worries about his failing health.

Egypt - Courts & Law
11/15/2022 7:33:38 PM
Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah's sister Mona Seif announced that the Egyptian activist has sent his family and lawyer a letter on Tuesday in which he reportedly stated that he broke his months-long hunger strike on Monday.

Egypt - Courts & Law
11/14/2022 6:22:32 PM
A letter written by jailed Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah on Saturday and handed on Monday to his mother, Laila Soueif, says that he started to drink water Saturday, Khaled Ali, his lawyer, and his family said on Monday.

Egypt - Courts & Law
11/11/2022 12:03:06 AM
Medical examination of Egyptian inmate Alaa Abdel-Fattah has shown normal results, which indicate that his reported hunger and water strike is “questionable,” the Egyptian Public Prosecution said in a statement on Thursday.

Egypt - Foreign Affairs
11/10/2022 7:17:27 PM
Egypt criticised the Associated Press (AP) for the “misleading and tendentious” headline it gave to its interview with Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry.

World - Region
8/22/2022 9:44:53 PM
A Palestinian hunger striker held by Israel is in critical condition and could die at any moment from a range of maladies, a doctor who has examined him said Monday, after the country's Supreme Court rejected an appeal to release the man.

World - Region
8/22/2022 4:02:07 PM
Israel's Supreme Court has rejected an appeal to release a Palestinian detainee who has been on a hunger strike for several months to protest his detention without charge.

World - Region
8/15/2022 8:04:50 PM
An Israeli occupation military court on Monday rejected an appeal for release by a Palestinian prisoner whose health is deteriorating as he continues a 165-day hunger strike to protest being held without charge or trial, his lawyer said.

World - Region
8/11/2022 2:54:04 PM
A Palestinian prisoner on a protracted hunger strike was moved Thursday from an Israeli jail to a hospital because of his worsening condition, the prisoner's wife said.

Egypt - Courts & Law
6/9/2022 6:11:29 PM
The Egyptian Ministry of Interior said on Thursday that it has submitted to the prosecution footage recorded from inside the prison cell of activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah that disproves "the false claim of the imprisoned activist’s hunger strike."

Egypt - Politics
5/14/2022 9:28:30 PM
Egypt's National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) said in a statement that it has received a petition signed by 500 Egyptian women urging the admission of jailed "prisoner of consience" and hunger-striker Alaa Abdel-Fattah to the prison's hospital in order to be placed under medical observation.

Al-Ahram Weekly - World
1/11/2022 9:48:16 PM
Palestinian prisoner Hisham Abu Hawash ended a hunger strike in protest against his detention by Israel last week, but other protests continue, writes Mohamed Abu Shaar in Gaza

World - Region
1/2/2022 3:06:42 PM
A Palestinian prisoner languishing in hospital after an extensive hunger strike teetered close to death Sunday, sparking international concern and Palestinian demands that Israel release him from detention without charges.

World - Region
12/10/2021 12:14:48 PM
A year after being released from an Israeli prison following a 103-day hunger strike, Maher al-Akhras is barely able to walk. Frequent bouts of dizziness and sensitivity to noise mean he can neither enjoy social occasions nor return to work on his ancestral farm in the occupied West Bank.

World - Region
12/5/2021 8:25:13 PM
Israeli authorities freed a prominent Palestinian prisoner on Sunday, two weeks after striking a release deal that ended his marathon 131-day hunger strike, said a prisoner rights group.

World - Region
11/23/2021 3:46:22 PM
Two Palestinian hunger strikers, including one who went without food for 131 days, on Monday suspended their strikes against Israel's controversial policy of detaining them without charge after reaching a deal that will allow them to go free in the coming months, a prisoner rights group said.

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