hunger strike

Palestinian protesters hold national flags and placards with slogans in Arabic during a demonstration outside the International Red Cross offices in east Jerusalem against the detention...

Approximately 30 people gather in front of Ofer Prison Junction in support of Khader Adnan, a Palestinian activist, on hunger strike since mid-December in Israeli jails. Palestinian Ter...

Citizens hold a sit-in in Manger Square in solidarity with the prisoner Khader Adnan, 33, who is a senior member of the Islamic jihad movement. Adnan has been on hunger strike for 54 da...

Families of Palestinian prisoners, held in Israeli jails, hold their relatives pictures during a protest in front of the International Committee of the Red Cross offices in the West Ban...

Palestinians continue their hunger strike in solidarity with Khader Adnan,a prisoner in an Israeli jail. They camp in front of the UN headquarters in Gaza City, demanding intervention f...

Protesters on start hunger strike demonstrate against the Peshawar development authority, who have demolished the boundaries of the Koki Khel tribe in Khyber agency. Pakistan. 7th Febru...

Palestinian women hold pictures and posters of their imprisoned relatives during a protest calling for the release of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails outside the Red Cross offi...

Protesters at the Ukrainian Embassy call for the immediate release and fair treatment of Somali refugees on hunger strike in the Lutsk Detention Centre who have been beaten and intimida...

Jesus Velez Loor is on his 11th day of a hunger strike at the door of the embassy of Panama to bring attention to his alleged torture for supposed immigration law violations. Bolivia. ...

10 activists were held protesting against the article 370 of the Indian Constitution, which gives the State of Jammu and Kashmir special status in politics. India. 25th January 2012

Russians hold rally for political prisoner, Sergei Udaltsov, a Russian political activist and leader of the Left Front movement. Udaltsov is currently being detained. Russia. 29th Decem...

Anna Hazare started a three day fast in Mumbai as part of his demand for the Lokpal bill. Members of Team Anna included Shanti Bhushan and Prashant Bhushan.

Anti-graft crusader Anna Hazare addressed a rally held at Freedom park to save the institution of Lokayukta (Ombudsman) in Karnataka state. The rally was organised by India Against Corr...

A massive demonstration of workers undergoing the 48th day of strike in the “Greek Steelworks” (Helliniki Halivourgia) industry, against layoffs and wages cuts, was held Athens center....

Swami Shivanand, the founder of Matri Sadan Ashram near Haridwar, ended his hunger strike after 11 days when the government agreed to stop mining on the Ganges river, pending an environ...

A demonstration was held outside Downing Street calling on the UK government to take action to free Shaker Aamer, the last British resident still being held at America's Guantanamo...

Political leaders of Kerala State are on a hunger strike at Mullaperiyar demanding the construction of a new dam to replace the decaying 116 year old dam, posing a serious risk to 3.5 m...

A hunger strike in Mariinsky Park by Chernobyl cleanup workers continues, as they protest cuts in pensions and social allowances. Kiev, Ukraine. December 8th 2011

A hunger strike in Mariinsky Park by Chernobyl cleanup workers enters its eighth day as they protest cuts in pensions and social allowances for themselves, Afghan war veterans, the elde...

Nearly 30 people entitled to pensions and social benefits in connection with the 1986 Chornobyl nuclear power plant disaster, are going on with an open-ended hunger strike outside the b...