HUNGER STRIKE
- Telangana
Kavitha to hunger strike in Delhi demanding Women’s Reservation Bill
Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLC and Bharat Jagruthi founder K Kavitha on Thursday announced a hunger strike at Jantar Mantar, Delhi on March 10 for Women’s Reservation Bill. Speaking to the…
- Middle East
Shocking images emerge of weak Iranian prisoner on hunger strike
Images of a jailed Iranian doctor and human rights activist have circulated on social media platforms after he declared a hunger strike in support of the ongoing anti-hijab protests since the death…
- Middle East
Iranian director Jafar Panahi released on bail after hunger strike
Tehran: Award-winning Iranian director Jafar Panahi, on February 3, was released on bail on the third day of his hunger strike to protest his arrest which lasted for nearly seven months. The…
- Middle East
Iranian director Jafar Panahi starts hunger strike in prison
Tehran: Iranian award-winning director, Jafar Panahi, who has been imprisoned in Tehran for six months, announced that he has begun a hunger strike to protest the authorities’ refusal to release him on…
- Middle East
Iranian American detainee Siamak Namazi begins hunger strike; writes to Biden
An American citizen of Iranian origin, Siamak Namazi, who has been held in Iran for seven years, on Monday began a seven-day hunger strike in Evin prison and appealed to US President…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: YS Sharmila discharged from hospital
Hyderabad: The chief of the YSR Telangana Party, YS Sharmila Reddy, was discharged from the hospital in the city after her health condition got stable.She was on an indefinite fast after being…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Sharmila on hunger strike for 2nd day; demands padayatra permit
Hyderabad: YSR Telangana chief, YS Sharmila continued her hunger strike on the second day after she was arrested on Friday near Tank Bund. The doctors who carried out the medical checkup expressed…
- Middle East
900 Palestinians in Israeli prison refuse meals in support of hunger strikers
900 Palestinian prisoners in the Israeli Ofer prison on Thursday returned meals in solidarity with the 30 administrative prisoners on hunger strike, according to the Palestinian Prisoners Club Association. On September 25,…
- Middle East
Israeli court extends Palestinian prisoner Awawda’s detention
An Israeli court on Wednesday evening extended the detention of Palestinian prisoner Khalil Awawda for one week, under the pretext that he used a phone to communicate with his family, the Shehab…
- Middle East
Palestine: Awawda suspends strike after Israel agrees for jail release
Palestinian prisoner Khalil Awawda on Wednesday suspended his hunger strike, which he started 172 days ago, after Israel agreed to his release in October. Palestinian Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners Affairs Authority said that the…
- Middle East
Iraq: Muqtada al-Sadr announces hunger strike until violence stops
Baghdad: The leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, decided on Monday to go on a hunger strike in a move to protest the violence witnessed in the Green Zone in Baghdad,…
- Middle East
58-yr-old Palestinian mother hunger strikes over son’s detention by PA
A 58-year-old Palestinian mother Mukaram Qurt entered the 12th day of her hunger strike protesting her son’s prolonged detention in a Palestinian Authority (PA) prison. 28-year-old Ahmad Hreish, has been languishing in…
- Middle East
Lawyer for Palestinian prisoner Khalil Awawda: He may die at any moment
The lawyer for the Palestinian prisoner, Khalil Awawda, who has been on hunger strike for more than 160 days, said that he could die at any moment. In March, Awawda began a…
- Middle East
Israel puts on hold administrative detention of Khalil Awawda
The Israeli occupation authorities on Friday froze the administrative detention of the Palestinian prisoner Khalil Awawda, who has been continuing his open hunger strike for nearly half a year. Khalil Awawda is…
- Middle East
Palestinian prisoner Khalil Awawda to appeal to Israel’s high court
Jerusalem: The lawyer for a Palestinian prisoner said Tuesday that her client will appeal his case to Israel’s Supreme Court as he continues what his family says is a 157-day hunger strike…
