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19 Jul 2011, 10:14 am
Today is day 19 of the prison hunger strike. [read post]
23 Aug 2005, 9:02 am
[JURIST] Jailed Russian oil tycoon, Mikhail Khodorkovsky [JURIST news archives, defense website], announced in a statement [text] Tuesday that he will go on a hunger strike in support of his jailed business partner, Platon Lebedev. [read post]
26 Feb 2007, 3:55 am
"Support for Hunger Strike Growing": The Washington Post today contains an article that begins, "A former Florida professor has not eaten for more than a month to protest prosecutors' efforts to make him cooperate with their investigation into whether a network of Herndon-based Muslim charities financed terrorist organizations. [read post]
12 Jan 2009, 7:50 pm
In the last week, the number of Guantanamo detainees on hunger strikes has risen to from 34 to 42. [read post]
27 Oct 2011, 10:12 am
The transfers could include inmates who have been held for decades at Pelican Bay State Prison’s windowless Security Housing Unit, which was the center of two recent hunger strikes that drew participation from thousands of inmates. [read post]
24 Oct 2020, 9:50 pm
This post is in honor of the Palestinian political prisoner, Maher al-Akhras, who has been on a hunger strike for 86 days. * * * “Administrative detention has constituted a core of Israel’s 1,500 occupation laws that apply to Palestinians only, and which are not subject to any type of civilian or public review. [read post]
6 Nov 2011, 1:59 am
" His decision to embark on a hunger strike followed on the heels of a legal decision that found him guilty on 15 of 19 charges related to selling and distributing unpasteurized milk. [read post]
11 Jul 2013, 4:41 am
29 May 2006, 1:45 pm
[JURIST] The US military said Monday that the number of Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detainees participating in a hunger strike has increased from 3 to about 75. [read post]
21 Jun 2006, 8:09 am
[JURIST] Saddam Hussein and his seven co-defendants have begun a hunger strike to protest the abduction and murder of a defense team lawyer [JURIST report] in Baghdad early Wednesday morning. [read post]
15 Sep 2005, 1:34 am
[JURIST] Three more Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detainees have been hospitalized as a hunger strike [JURIST report] at the prison facility stretched through its second month. [read post]
18 Oct 2011, 10:30 am
Abel Valdez said his brother went on a hunger strike out of fear that prison authorities are setting him up to be killed by other inmates by spreading a rumor that he is a snitch. [read post]
13 Mar 2013, 3:08 am
Habeas lawyer David Remes, who represents Guantanano detainees, writes in with the following comment on the Guantanamo hunger strikes, and Steve’s, my and the Taliban’s response to them: Several days ago, Steve Vladeck noted the release of a letter by the Center for Constitutional Rights and individual habeas attorneys calling attention to the mass hunger strike by detainees at Guantanamo and deploring developments there… [read post]
20 Sep 2005, 2:34 am
The military defines a hunger strike as missing 9 or more consecutive meals, while Kristine Huskey, a [read post]
21 May 2008, 11:47 am
NEW ORLEANS WORKERS' CENTER FOR RACIAL JUSTICE www.neworleansworkerjustice.org Number of Indian hunger strikers more than doubles on Day Eight; first hospitalization expected Indian families, 4 US cities fast in solidarity as workers appeal to US Congress WASHINGTON, DC - On... [read post]
19 Jul 2011, 9:15 am
Hundreds of California inmates are now in their third week of a hunger strike to protest prison conditions, particularly for having to serve long stints in isolation cells where they are sent for violating prison rules. [read post]
24 Aug 2010, 11:02 am
Begins Hunger Strike Aimed at 10 Law Schools (Aug. 6, 2010): in Grads Taking Law Schools to Task for Poor Job Market, USA Today identifies the hunger striker as Zenovia N. [read post]
23 Mar 2007, 3:40 pm
"Al-Arian Contempt Order Upheld; Former Professor Said to Drop Hunger Strike": Josh Gerstein of The New York Sun provides this news update. [read post]
18 Jul 2011, 8:18 am
Colin Dayan has an interesting op-ed in the New York Times today on hunger-striking prisoners in California. [read post]
13 Nov 2008, 12:19 pm
[JURIST] Former Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian [BBC profile] continued a hunger strike in the Tucheng jail in suburban Taipei Thursday after being incarcerated [JURIST report] Wednesday, according to local media reports. [read post]
