Hunger Strike

Freedom For Nestora Salgado

May 31, 2015 Free Nestora, popularresistance.org Resist! Ayotzinapa, Criminal Justice, Hunger Strike, Political Prisoner

By Free Nestora, The U.S. Campaign to Free Nestora Salgado is sending a delegation, including Salgado's daughter Grisel Rodriguez, to Mexico City on May 31 in an urgent effort to win Salgado’s release. She has spent nearly two years in prison, despite a Mexican federal judge's order to release her. The delegation will speak at a press conference on Monday, June 1, 12:00pm (Central Time) at the Miguel Agustín Pro Juárez Human Rights Center (Center Prodh) in Mexico City. The families of other Mexican political prisoners will also be present. The delegation plans to visit the U.S. embassy to request a copy of Mexico’s notification to the U.S. that Salgado had been arrested. Requests for this information by the family have so far been unsuccessful.

Palestinian Prisoner In 26th Day Of Salt & Water Hunger Strike

May 27, 2015 IMEMC, www.imemc.org Resist! Genocide, Hunger Strike, Israel, Palestine, Prison

Qaraqe’ said Adnan, held in solitary in the Ramla Israeli Prison Clinic, is refusing even vitamins or any sort of treatment, and that he is only drinking water. He suffered a serious weight loss, severe headache, and sharp pain in his joints and abdomen areas, in addition to general weakness, and fatigue. Qaraqe’ held Israel and its Prison Authority responsible for the life and well-being of the detainee, and said Adnan is demanding an end to his illegal, arbitrary Administrative Detention, without charges, in direct violations of all international, legal and humanitarian laws and treaties. He also said that many Palestinian political prisoners, held under Administrative Detention, threatened to join the strike, and even to expand it very soon, to reach all prisons and detention centers.

Tues April 14th, First Day Of Solidarity

April 13, 2015 Lucasville Amnesty, www.lucasvilleamnesty.org Resist! Human Rights, Hunger Strike, Mass Incarceration, Ohio

As the Ohio State Penitentiary hunger strike approaches 30 days, we will rally at the Ohio Dept of Rehabilitation and Correction in Columbus, and deliver a letter to top officials demanding justice. Over 50 prisoners have been illegally denied religious and recreation programming. We stand with them The rally coincides with the 22nd anniversary of the Lucasville Uprising, where inmates in Southern Ohio took over a prison in response to religious discrimination. f you can't make it to Columbus, please be creative and find a way to support the hunger strike on Tuesday. Organize a solidarity fast like students at the University of Toledo did on Friday, with an evening "break the fast" get together. Or a call-in lunch, gather with friends mid-day and call the prison, Central Office, and The CIIC (numbers and scripts below).

Hungerstrike For Access To Programming & Recreation At OSP

March 23, 2015 Lucasville Amnesty, www.lucasvilleamnesty.org Resist! Human Rights, Hunger Strike, Prison

According to both Hasan and Warden Forshey, there are over 30 people officially on hunger strike at OSP (meaning they have skipped 9 meals, and submitted to having their cells shook down and getting medical check ups). Officer Charmainge Bracy (sp?) met with all the hunger striking prisoners. The Warden and other officials also came through the cell blocks talking with prisoners. Thus far none of the demands have been met and no changes made. Chief Legal Council for the ODRC, Trevor Clark came to the prison and said this was the first he's heard of the issues the hunger striking prisoners are raising, which (if true) means OSP thinks they can change policies regarding access to recreation and religious programming with no concern about the legality of these changes.

Tides Of Relief: Nikos Romanos Wins Victory In Hunger Strike

December 12, 2014 Foula Farmakidis, Spyros Marchetos and Christina Laskaridis, www.roarmag.org Resist! Education, Greece, Hunger Strike, Political Prisoner

Tides of relief emanated from Greece on Wednesday, when the anarchist prisoner Nikos Romanos ended his month-long hunger strike that sparked solidarity actions across the globe. His demands were essentially met, with the parliament decreeing that student prisoners will be allowed educational leave on certain conditions, including electronic security tagging. Romanos’ desperate struggle against an intransigent government brought up international memories of Bobby Sands and the other Irish republican prisoners who died in 1981. Now his victory, suggesting that the extreme right-wing Samaras government may be on its last throes, shows what a huge influence a person can have when they are unafraid to risk their own life and when they are backed by a resourceful solidarity movement.

Anarchist Prisoner’s Hunger Strike Sparks Riots In Athens

December 4, 2014 Parthena Xanthopoulou-Dimitriadou, www.roarmag.org Resist! Greece, Hunger Strike, Protests, Riots, Student Activism

Yesterday, demonstrations in solidarity with the Greek anarchist Nikos Romanos — who has been on hunger strike for 24 days to demand his right to educational furlough — were called in big cities and islands across Greece. In Athens, more than 10.000 people marched, proving that no one is to be left alone in front of the vengeful fury of the state. Once again, however, it was confirmed that, when the twisted justifications of the repressive state don’t work, the batons of the police are ready to do the job. The demonstration started at Monastiraki and arrived at Syntagma Square, where Syrian refugees have been camping out for 15 days to demand state recognition of their political refugee status. Until its end, the march was followed by heavy police forces.

72 People Needed To Stand With Gitmo Prisoners

December 3, 2014 Chris Knestrick, www.popularresistance.org Organize! Guantanamo Bay, Hunger Strike, Wars and Militarism

We wanted to let you know that our annual fast for justice in Washington D.C. is just about a month away. We hope that you are making your arrangements to join us in DC. This January 11th, 2015, marks 13 years of torture and indefinite detention. Right now 142 men remain, 73 of whom have been cleared for release but remain held without charge or trial. You are receiving this email because you have been a important participate in the past and wanted to let you know about the details of our activities. This year, we will be gathering from January from Monday, January 5th until Tuesday January 13th, to fast in solidarity with the men at Guantánamo. We would like you to consider two things as we approach our time together: 1) Are you coming to some or all of the Fast 2) Consider becoming on of the 73 who are risking arrest on January 12th.

Hunger Strike In Greece: For A Breath Of Freedom

December 3, 2014 Danai Limneou, www.roarmag.org Resist! Greece, Hunger Strike

Twenty days ago anarchist prisoner Nikos Romanos went on hunger strike to demand his educational furlough. His situation is described as ‘critical’. Nikos Romanos’ name is closely tied to the equally well known Alexandros Grigoropoulos, the 15-year-old boy who was shot and killed by police officer Epaminondas Korkoneas in Athens, on December 6, 2008. Only 15 years of age himself, Romanos witnessed his best friend die in front of his eyes. The murder sparked weeks of nationwide rioting. Several years later, Romanos was caught together with four of his comrades while trying to flee from a bank robbery in Velvento. Following their arrest they were beaten up under police custody to such extent that the photographs released by the police had to be overtly photoshopped to hide their injuries.

Private Prison Nightmare For Immigrants In Georgia

December 2, 2014 Azadeh N. Shahshahani, www.thehill.com Educate! Human Rights, Hunger Strike, Immigration, Mass Incarceration

Reports are mounting of a living nightmare in Lumpkin, Georgia, at Stewart, a 1,750-bed detention facility housing immigrants facing potential deportation. According to multiple interviews with detained immigrants at Stewart, they are dealing withmaggots in food, improper medical care, sweltering temperatures, and in many cases no communication with staff due to no translators on site. The Corrections Corporation of America operates the facility for profit, adding fuel to an already roaring fire of opposition. While President Obama’s expanded deportation relief is a welcome move—the truth is that without addressing immigration detention, immigrants will continue to suffer horrifying conditions in detention centers.

Activists Go On Hunger Strike Against Homeless Laws

November 25, 2014 Mark Douglas, www.wfla.com Resist! Florida, Homelessness, Hunger Strike, Protest

Tampa activists Dezeray Lyn and Chris Mince are joining two South Florida food sharing activists on a hunger strike to protest a recent crackdown on feeding the hungry in Ft. Lauderdale. "There's nothing that would stop me from expressing my humanity for the people I've grown to live,"said Lyn. The arrest of 90-year-old Arnold Abbott, a longtime social activist who feeds the homeless in Ft. Lauderdale, has sparked national attention and outrage among people who routinely organize food sharing in parks. Lyn says one of her fellow activists in South Florida has now gone without food for 22 days and another hasn't eaten anything in 11 days to protest the food sharing crackdown.

150 Hunger Striking Students Tortured In Egypt

September 28, 2014 Staff, www.middleeastmonitor.com Educate! Criminal Justice and Prisons, Egypt, Hunger Strike, Students

Al-Azhar Students' Union has said that there are over 150 students on hunger strike and they are subjected to severe torture, including verbal and physical abuse inside prisons. In a statement the union said that prisons' administrations threaten the hunger strikers with burning, killing them or moving them to be with criminal detainees. The prisoners, the statement said, are banned from getting water for long periods of time. One hunger striker is the head of the Faculty of Commerce in Al-Azhar University, Usama Zaid, who is in Abu-Za'bal Prison. According to the statement the prisoners receive bad medical treatment and are even subjected to torture inside the prisons' clinics. Hunger strikers are put in solitary confinement for long periods or put with criminal prisoners, who are encouraged to beat and kill them without being liable to judicial trials.

Global Fast For The Climate Comes To NYC

September 24, 2014 Staff, www.fastfortheclimate.org Resist! Climate Change, Hunger Strike

Fast for the Climate calls on Heads of State for urgent action at New York Summit on Climate Change Supporters of the worldwide Fast for the Climate movement will join together in New York in a vigil showcasing their own climate action and inviting Heads of Government meeting in the city to join them. The movement includes many environmentalists, youth groups and people of faith who are showing the strength of their commitment by going without food one day a month to call for world leaders to do more to solve the climate crisis. In the run up to the Climate Summit in New York.the movement is making a special appeal to heads of governments, and will be meeting in New York for a vigil at the UN at time of the summit.

Egypt: Hunger Strikes Against Mass Arbitrary Arrests

September 16, 2014 Revolution-News, www.revolution-news.com Resist! Egypt, Human Rights, Hunger Strike, Mass Incarceration

156 people are now on hunger strike in Egypt, 82 inside Egyptian prisons and 74 outside, in solidarity with all those who have been arrested by the Egyptian military and police forces. Estimates say around 41,000 people have been arrested in Egypt since the ousting of Mohammed Morsi in July 2013. Human rights groups report at least 25,000 people have been arrested this year and many have died while in custody. Reports indicate that torture is still widely used on prisoners. While many in Egypt and abroad are elated with today’s news of the Shura Council detainees being released on bail, there are still way too many people locked up in deplorable conditions for ridiculous reasons in Egypt. It is difficult to keep track of who exactly is in Egyptian jail but here’s a list of some recent arrests.

Human Rights Defender’s Hunger Strike Against Arrests, Detentions

September 3, 2014 Bahrain Center For Human Rights, www.bahrainrights.org Resist! Bahrain, Human Rights, Hunger Strike, Torture

01 September 2014 - 8th day hunger strike - Updates Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja is now in his 8th day of his hunger strike, and his health is in extreme danger. The family visited Adbulhadi Al-Khawaja this morning, and reported that he is very weak. Last night, doctors feared for his life after his blood sugar level would stubbornly not rise above 2.0, despite providing him with glucose in drinking water. They begged him to be transferred to a hospital, but he refused to be taken to any medical clinic. However, Abdulhadi consented to receiving an IV, and after this his blood sugar level rose to 11; it has stabilised this morning at 6. His blood pressure is at 80/55. He is suffering from a urinary track infection because of dehydration, and he has very little energy. The family requested an independent medical report from an Irish expert on these issues, and the full report can be found here. 30 August 2014 - 6th day hunger strike - Updates AlKhawaja has called his wife today. His blood sugar dropped to 2 and his blood pressure reached 90/55. He took water with glucose and his blood sugar increased to 3.1. He was visited by an official from the ombudsman for not more than five minutes. The official asked AlKhawaja about the reason of his hunger strike and if he knows it’s dangerous on his life. Alkhawaja passed a request through his wife to all NGOs to support the case of the prisoners who are currently on hunger strike at the dry dock detention center in Bahrain.

Bangladesh Police Fire Tear Gas At Striking Garmet Workers

August 9, 2014 AFP, www.abc.net.au Resist! Bangladesh, Hunger Strike, Labor

Bangladesh police have fired tear gas and stormed a garment factory where workers were staging a hunger strike over pay, a union official says. The police, armed with batons, forced 400 workers to flee the factory in the capital Dhaka where they had been holding a 10-day strike to demand back pay and a holiday bonus, the official said. Bangladesh's garment industry, the world's second largest, which supplies top Western retailers such as Wal-Mart and H&M, has a woeful history of poor pay and conditions for its four million workers. "Police fired tear gas and baton charged us, they forced us out of the factory, where we were staging the hunger strike," said Moshrefa Mishu, head of Tuba Group Sramik Sangram Committee, which represents 15 garment unions. An AFP reporter at the scene saw workers running out of the factory crying due to the tear gas, while others were bleeding from head injuries. Angry at the police action, the workers then took to the streets, vandalising cars and buses and prompting officers to fire more rounds of tear gas, the reporter said. The workers have been on a hunger strike on behalf of 1,500 employees who stitch clothes in five factories belonging to the Tuba Group in Dhaka's Badda district.

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