The individuals, aged between fifty and seventy-five, were arrested on the bridge on suspicion of encouraging support for a proscribed organisation contrary to Section 13 of the Terrorism Act 2000
Archiv: Hungerstreik / hunger strikes
BANNER DROPPED FROM WESTMINSTER BRIDGE WHICH READS ‘WE SUPPORT THE HUNGER STRIKE. WE SUPPORT PALESTINE ACTION’
At 12PM on Saturday 15th November, five protestors were arrested under the Terrorism Act for dropping a large banner from Westminster Bridge which read, ‘We Support The Hunger Strike. We Support Palestine Action.’
The action was taken not only in support of Palestine Action, who were proscribed as a ‘terrorist’ group, by the British government, on the 5th July 2025, but in support of the hunger-strike currently being undertaken by a number of Palestine Action prisoners. The prisoners, who have formed Prisoners For Palestine, launched an indefinite, rolling, national hunger-strike on the 2nd of November, the anniversary of the signing of the Balfour Declaration, in support of a list of demands communicated to the government 2 weeks earlier.
Palestine Action prisoner absconds while sixth detainee joins hunger strike
A prisoner held on remand in the UK for alleged offences relating to Palestine Action activities has failed to return after being temporarily released from a south London Prison.
Sean Middleborough, 32, who was being held on remand at HMP Wandsworth, failed to return after being granted bail to attend his brother’s wedding. (…)
Many have been held for over a year on remand – exceeding the legal six month pre-trial custody time limit.
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On Monday, Kamran Ahmed, 27, became the sixth prisoner to join the open-ended hunger strike.
He joins T Hoxha, Jon Cink, Heba Muraisi, Qesser Zurah and Amu Gibb in the mass food refusal after Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood failed to respond to a letter demanding immediate bail and the de-proscription of Palestine Action.
Third prisoner joins Prisoners for Palestine hunger-strike
On Sunday 2nd November, Balfour Day, 20-year old Qesser Zuhrah and 30-year old Amu Gibb launched the Prisoners for Palestine rolling hunger strike by refusing food at Bronzefield prison. They have now been joined by Heba Muraisi, who is being held on remand at New Hall prison.
Heba, originally from Yemen, with family in Gaza, refused food, at breakfast time today, Monday 3rd November, becoming the third prisoner to join the national Prisoners for Palestine open-ended hunger-strike, alongside Qesser Zuhrah and Amu Gibb.
Heba Muraisi has been imprisoned without trial since being remanded into custody on 19th November 2024. She became one of the Filton 24, after being violently arrested in a dramatic dawn raid, by counter-terrorism police, in what was the third wave of arrests in relation to a Palestine Action raid on Israeli arms maker, Elbit Systems‘ Research and Development Hub at Filton, Bristol, in August 2024.
Large protest held outside Peterborough prison is support of Palestinian activist Tueta Hoxha currently on hunger strike
A large peaceful protest was held outside of HMP Peterborough on Sunday (August 31) in support of Pro-Palestinian activist Tueta Hoxha.
Hoxha, who is being held at HMP Peterborough has been on Hunger strike for over 21 days now.
She has been at HMP Peterborough since November 2024 and is awaiting trial for taking part in an alleged break-in at the facility of Israeli-owned defence firm Elbit Systems in South Gloucestershire in August 2024.
Call to action! Political Prisoners for Palestine on hunger strike from Britain to the U.S.
(August 30, 2025)
Free T. Hoxha, Casey Goonan, The Filton 24, Anan Yaeesh, Elias Rodriguez, Jakhi McCray, Tarek Bazrouk, Ghassan Elashi and Shukri Abu Baker of the Holy Land 5;
Free the Black prisoners resisting the U.S Empire from its interior, free Mumia Abu Jamal, Imam Jamil al-Amin, Joseph Bowen, Fred Burton, Veronza Bowers, Kojo Bomani Sababu, Kamau Sadiki, and all of the prisoners of the Black Liberation Movement;
Free the 16 Lebanese and dozens of Syrian prisoners in Zionist jails, abducted and held hostage to impose Zionist-Imperialist control over Lebanon and Syria;
Free the over 10,800 Palestinian Prisoners who are routinely subjected to physical and sexual assault, psychological torture and abuse, sleep deprivation, starvation and denial of access to food and medical care, who continue to lead, inspire and guide Palestinian, Arab and international Resistance.
Mansoor Adayfi, a former Guantánamo prisoner who spent years on a hunger strike and faced brutal force-feeding to protest his imprisonment and torture, is now advocating for T. Hoxha — who is on her 3rd week of hunger strike inside prison.
(August 29, 2025)
He called the prison today and reminded them of their duty of care and demanded an independent medical assessment, warning that her health is at serious risk.
Take action now:
✉️ Email the prison today and demand T is transferred to a hospital for independent health monitoring: RALPH.LUBKOWSKI(at)sodexogov.co.uk
Call the prison: 01733 217500 and insist she is taken to a hospital, not left in the prison medical wing.
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US Political Prisoner Casey Goonan on Hunger Strike in Solidarity With Pal Action Prisoner T. Hoxha
(August 27, 2025)
The Palestine solidarity movement in the west cannot abandon people like her who have risked
their lives and continue to do so in resistance to the intolerable condition of genocide.
As of today one of my cellmates and I are on hunger strike at Santa Rita jail until her demands are met.
Solidarity with T Hoxha and all prisoners of the Palestine Solidarity movement!
Raze the walls!
Liberate all prisoners of the settler empire!
Casey Goonan
Medics demand urgent help for alleged Palestine activist on prison hunger strike
“Ms Hoxha has not, as far as we are aware, received the necessary daily clinical monitoring required for patients refusing food and is at risk of sudden electrolyte disturbance, hypoglycaemia and cardiac arrest,” the letter said.
“After speaking with family, our understanding is that Ms Hoxha had low blood sugar, at around 2.7, for significant periods of time yesterday. This constitutes a medical emergency.
“Given that Ms Hoxha’s hunger strike is now at a critical stage, we must therefore insist that NHS England exercises its commissioning oversight.”
Filton 24 hunger striker tells the Canary government is monitoring her under counter extremism
Calling for these rights to be reinstated, T has been on hunger strike since 11 August but disturbingly says:
I was told by officers that being on hunger strike is not worth it because the prison doesn’t care what happens to you. This is something I believe to be true, as it took eight days before a nurse came to see me.
This delay meant T was left without essential medical supervision during that critical period. When finally examined by a doctor, her symptoms such as weakness, tingling in her limbs, and a rash were noted, but neither the prison nor the medical staff have made any effort to protect her from potential long-term health damage. Instead, she has repeatedly been pressured to sign a waiver that would release them from any responsibility if her condition worsens or if anything happens to her. T continues refusing to sign this form.
Family of Palestine Action prisoner on hunger strike say her health is deteriorating
The 29-year-old prisoner, named “T Hoxha”, is one of the „Filton 24“ – activists from the now-proscribed direct action group Palestine Action who were arrested on terrorism charges.
Those charges were in connection with an action in August 2024, when six activists drove a modified van into the research and development hub of UK-based Israeli arms company, Elbit Systems, in Filton, Bristol.
Hoxha has been on remand since November 2024, awaiting her trial which will start in April 2026.
She launched her hunger strike at HMP Peterborough 22 days ago over the prison’s suspension of her recreational activities, her removal from her job at the prison library, and the withholding of her mail.
Hunger strike in Egypt‘s notorious Badr 3 prison marks Rabaa massacre anniversary
(August 14, 2025)
The twelfth anniversary of the Rabaa and Nahda massacres comes this year amid a mass hunger strike in Egypt‘s notorious Badr 3 prison, where detainees say they are subjected to „slow death“ under a „stranglehold policy“.
A leaked letter from Sector 2 in Badr 3, seen by The New Arab‘s Arabic edition Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, states that prisoners had begun „a complete and open-ended hunger strike on July 1… in protest at inhumane detention conditions, including a ban on visits, depriving prisoners of contact with their families, denial of exercise and exposure to sunlight“.
Freedom Flotilla Volunteers on the ‘Madleen’ face Solitary Confinement – Update from Adalah Legal team
Occupied Palestine – The Freedom Flotilla Coalition strongly condemns the Israeli government’s use of solitary confinement against two of its detained volunteers: Rima Hassan, a Palestinian Member of the European Parliament, and Thiago Ávila, a Brazilian human rights defender and member of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition Steering Committee. Both were aboard the Madleen, a civilian aid ship carrying humanitarian supplies to Gaza when it was unlawfully seized by Israeli forces in international waters.
Rima Hassan was reportedly placed in solitary confinement after writing “Free Palestine” on the wall of her cell. While she has since been removed from solitary and returned to Givon prison, her detention and the punitive measures taken against her remain a direct attack on a democratically elected official who has consistently advocated for justice, liberation, and an end to the illegal blockade of Gaza. Silencing a parliamentarian in this manner underscores the brutality and impunity of the Zionist regime.
Thiago Ávila has also been forcibly isolated — confined in a small, dark, airless, and contactless cell, where Israeli authorities have threatened to detain him for seven days. Ávila is on his third day of a hunger and water strike to denounce Israel’s crimes and the complicity of governments that have remained shamefully silent.
Encampment raid at NYU, hunger strike at Princeton as campus battles rage across US: Live updates
Arrests piled up at several colleges, 14 Princeton University students launched a hunger strike, and police raided an NYU encampment Friday in the latest battles on college campuses that have pitted university officials against their own students over the war in Gaza.
#New: Eli Shtivi, father of Idan, 28, a volunteer photographer at the Tribe of Nova rave, who was taken hostage by Hamas on October 7, has begun a hunger strike in front of Netanyahu‘s seaside villa in Caesarea.
Adnan’s Lone Strike Exposed the Difficulties of Collective Palestinian Struggle
(May 4, 2023)
But this time around, Adnan wasn’t put in administrative detention. It seems the Israeli military apparatus had learned a lesson: It was unwilling to relinquish its ability to repeatedly deny his freedom, separate him from his family and upset their life. But this time, the military apparatus indicted him, not for terrorism or the use or possession of a weapon, but for membership in an illegal organization and incitement. Had he pleaded guilty, he’d probably have been sentenced to a year or a bit more in prison.
But Adnan decided to challenge the facade of normalcy of the Israeli military legal system. This is a system that has unlimited power to deny the freedom of thousands of Palestinians to speak, express an opinion, participate in a meeting, welcome a released prisoner, receive a phone call or accept a donation for education or medical treatment for the children of prisoners or killed activists.
Otzma Yehudit says it’s ending boycott of government after launch of Gaza operation
The party added that it hoped the new aggressive approach “will be maintained for the long term.”
The operation was launched early Tuesday morning when the IDF assassinated three senior members of the Islamic Jihad terror group, killing at least 13 people. The bombings came days after Gazan terrorists led by Islamic Jihad fired 104 rockets at Israel in response to the death of an alleged senior member of the group who had been on hunger strike in Israeli prison.
#Palestinians #Israel : „We do not want bloodshed, we do not want rockets to be fired…” – widow of Khader Adnan speaks after her husband’s death after 87 days on hunger strike in Israeli detention
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Palestinian Hunger Striker’s Death Could Lead to New Wave of Attacks in Israel
dnan was well known in the West Bank because of his activities with Islamic Jihad, his many stretches in prison and his long hunger strikes. In 2012, he almost died during a hunger strike in protest of an extended period of imprisonment without charges. He was released from prison at the last moment, and managed to partially recover.
This time, he went back on a hunger strike in February after being imprisoned again. The Shin Bet said that over the years Adnan used his civil political activities as a cover for his support for the terrorist activities of his organization. He denied these claims and described himself as a political person who was battling the Israeli occupation.
„Alarming“: UN experts worried by health of jailed Saudi activist
Al-Hathloul, 31, was arrested along with about a dozen other female activists in May 2018, just weeks before Saudi Arabia lifted a decades-old ban on female drivers.
Mapuche Leader Celestino Córdova Agrees to End Hunger Strike
Today‘s agreement also includes the possibility for Indigenous people in jail to apply to Work and Education Centers. Furthermore, it says that the Public Criminal Defense Office will review the requests for precautionary measures such as preventive detention or house arrest.
Chile: Mapuche People Call for Actions Against Capitalism
„We support the machi Celestino Cordova‘s struggle and all the Mapuche political prisoners,“ the Indigenous organization added.
They are heroes „who demand the vindication and autonomy of our territory. Together we will resist our real historical enemies,“ CAM announced.
Chile: Mapuche Political Prisoners Begin „Dry“ Hunger Strike
The Communities in Resistance of the Malleco province at Araucania Chilean region and the Relatives of the Mapuche Political Prisoners announced that the hunger strikers in the jail of Angol, capital of Malleco, began an indefinite „dry“ hunger strike.
Hungerstreik in Chile: Mapuche-Gefangene fordern ihre Rechte ein
Der Konflikt zwischen den Mapuche und dem chilenischen Staat bewegt das Land seit langem. Die Mapuche-Aktivisten fordern mehr Autonomie, kritisieren die Ausbreitung von Forstunternehmen in der Region und die zunehmende Militarisierung, während der Staat wachsende Gewalt beklagt.
Chile: Gesundheit von Mapuche-Anführer wegen Hungerstreik im Gefängnis stark gefährdet
Dieser Hungerstreik reiht sich ein in die jahrzehntelangen Proteste der Mapuche, welche die Rückgabe ihrer Territorien, Autonomie und Selbstbestimmung fordern. Sie machen in Chile circa zehn Prozent der Bevölkerung aus.
Chile: Mapuche-Aktivist Jones Huala im Hungerstreik
Der Mapuche Facundo Jones Huala hat am Montag einen Hungerstreik begonnen, um sich gegen seine Inhaftierung und die Bedingungen im Gefängnis von Temuco im Süden Chiles aufzulehnen.