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A hunger strike is a method of non-violent resistance where participants fast as an act of political protest, usually with the objective of achieving a specific goal, such as a policy change. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Hunger strikers that do not take fluids are named dry hunger strikers .
1920 Cork hunger strike; 1992 Palestinian prisoners' hunger strike; 1995 Palestinian prisoners' hunger strike; 2004 Dębak hunger strikes; 2010 Evin prison hunger strike; 2010 Mapuche hunger strike; 2021 hunger strike of undocumented migrants in Belgium
The 1992 Palestinian prisoners' hunger strike was a widespread hunger strike undertaken by Palestinians in Israeli custody in the autumn of 1992. One Palestinian prisoner died as a result of the hunger strike, while several Palestinian were killed and several hundred injured by Israeli forces in demonstrations in support of the prisoners.
1923 Irish hunger strikes – thousands of Irish Republican prisoners demand release. Includes info on 1920 Mountjoy and Cork hunger strikes. Six deaths. 1980 Irish hunger strike – Protest by Irish republican prisoners from Northern Ireland against the rescindment of Special Category Status during The Troubles. Brendan Hughes; Tommy McKearney
The hunger strke quickly spread to other Israeli prison with significant numbers of Palestinians. In response to the strike, Palestinian President Yasser Arafat issued a statement in which he stated that the "issue has to be put at the top of the Israeli government’s agenda" and that the PLO asked "for what has been agreed upon to be ...
The Arizona Student Hunger Strike was a youth activist hunger strike in protest of the failure of the U.S. Congress to pass the For the People Act and John Lewis Voting Rights Act into law. The strikes were led by Un-PAC , a national non partisan student led organization.
The hunger strike began on 7 March 2024, with strikers joining one after the other, [3] until a total of eight people had joined the strike. [4] The original protest camp was erected on 25 March in Spreebogenpark , Berlin — in view of the German chancellor's residence or Bundeskanzleramt .
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