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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 .
The hunger strike was meant to force dialogue with the government by occupying the square before Gorbachev's arrival on May 15. [16] The official goals of the students are outlined in the "Hunger Strike Manifesto", which was distributed throughout Beijing using cassette tapes and handbills. Below is the "Hunger Strike Manifesto": We are doing this:
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
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.
A hunger strike memorial in Derry's Bogside on Free Derry Corner. The British press hailed the hunger strike as a triumph for Thatcher, with The Guardian newspaper stating "The Government had overcome the hunger strikes by a show of resolute determination not to be bullied". [238]
This hunger strike drew worldwide attention and sympathy to the cause of Irish independence. [6] The nine survivors of the 1920 Cork hunger strike hold the Guinness World Record for the longest hunger strike in history, in which no food was consumed, whether as a result of force-feeding or otherwise. [7]
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 ...