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World
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Region
9/28/2011 3:00:35 PM
Thousands of Palestinian inmates in Israeli jails launch a hunger strike against the policy of solitary confinement, the Palestinian minister for prisoners says
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Egypt
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Politics
9/27/2011 6:19:23 PM
After 35 days on hunger strike, family of Maikel Nabil, a blogger detained since March by SCAF for criticising army rule, fears that he won't make it
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Business
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Economy
9/20/2011 1:46:39 PM
Workers launch a hunger strike to protest the non-payment of their annual profit share, threatening to block the highway linking Egypt's two largest cities if their demands are unmet
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World
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International
9/17/2011 3:36:48 PM
Head of British charities coalition criticises slow global reaction to the Horn of Africa hunger crisis and cites the need to increase longer term aid
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Egypt
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Politics
9/15/2011 4:10:45 PM
Blogger on 24-day hunger strike now refusing water, prison administration prevents visits
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World
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Region
9/7/2011 1:48:30 PM
Harsh crackdown on dissidents in Bahrain results in 101 on hunger strike, 17 of whom have been hospitalised
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World
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Region
9/6/2011 3:10:14 PM
Rights activists say a Bahrain security court hears appeals on behalf of two prominent opposition figures who are on hunger strike and 19 other activists sentenced in the crackdown on anti-government protests
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Egypt
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Politics
9/6/2011 2:38:14 PM
Union demands SCAF to release the political activist, who has been on hunger strike since August
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World
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Region
9/3/2011 1:05:17 PM
Nearly 20 Bahraini doctors who are jailed and face anti-state charges linked to the protests against the kingdom’s ruling Sunni dynasty have joined a hunger strike to protest trials
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Egypt
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Politics
8/28/2011 5:01:08 PM
Prison officials have refused to officially record the hunger strike by Maikal Nabil Sanad, the first blogger to be arrested after the overthrow of Mubarak for allegedly defamatory remarks about Egypt's ruling military council
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World
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International
8/27/2011 2:04:27 PM
India's parliament prepares for a special session to debate anti-corruption proposals demanded by, Anna Hazare a self-styled Gandhian activist whose 12-day hunger strike has gained the support of millions
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World
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International
8/23/2011 10:49:14 AM
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called a meeting of all political parties to try to break a damaging standoff with an anti-graft hunger striker who has attracted nationwide support
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World
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International
8/20/2011 11:56:38 AM
At least 10,000 people gathered on Saturday to support a anti-corruption social activist who has galvanized much of India against the government with his hunger strike
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World
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International
8/16/2011 2:45:05 PM
As discontent rises over India's corruption cases, Indian social activist Anne Hazare is arrested before renewing his planned hunger strike in a public park
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World
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International
8/16/2011 11:27:14 AM
At least 1,200 people have been taken into custody in New Delhi as police acts to halt a hunger strike by a veteran anti-graft activist
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World
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Region
8/4/2011 3:23:39 PM
Women activists in Bahrain strike against their imprisonment and torture, demanding to be released
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Egypt
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Politics
7/28/2011 11:14:29 AM
Ayman Abul Liel was moved to Sharm El-Sheikh hospital after requesting to be treated the same way as ousted president Mubarak, but will return to Luxor for his father's funeral
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World
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International
7/24/2011 11:36:07 AM
UN emergency official Cristina Amaral believes that hunger crisis in Somalia is immoral"
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World
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Region
7/14/2011 12:30:25 PM
Saudi Arabia's hunger for weapons, initially aimed at staving off the threat of Iran, has grown with the upcoming US withdrawal from Iraq and instability in Yemen and Bahrain
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Egypt
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Politics
7/13/2011 7:47:04 PM
Protest against Cabinet and military council's handling of affairs escalates into hunger strike
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