A mother pleads for Britain’s help in freeing son from Egyptian prison, one day of hunger at a time
Laila Soueif is a mathematician, a university professor, a political activist. But as she slumped in a folding chair outside ...
Prison company retaliated against detained immigrants, labor board says
Private prison company GEO Group has been accused by the National Labor Relations Board of retaliating against immigrant ...
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Guantanamo's growing hunger strike. Why now?
A Red Cross spokesman says the hunger strike is linked to ... Robert Durand, the detention center spokesman. The news of the strike has revived debate over whether the U.S. should be keeping ...
PBS5d
The Strike
A hunger strike against solitary confinement at Pelican Bay prison became a massive feat of unity. How California's Pelican Bay prison ignited a statewide hunger strike as a feat of unity by ...
US pressure mounts on Thailand over 48 Uyghur detainees as hunger strike continues
The plight of 48 Uyghur detainees in Thailand has drawn international scrutiny as the group’s hunger strike protesting their ...
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Tunisia: Hunger strike as a last resort against crackdown
She has been on hunger strike ever since. Bensedrine has been in pre-trial detention since last August, on charges of fraud and "gaining unfair advantages," as well as accusations of forging part ...
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SJC Says Journalist Afgan Sadygov’s Health at Critical Risk Amid 142-Day Hunger Strike
On February 7, the Social Justice Center (SJC) raised serious concerns over the rapidly deteriorating health condition of Afgan Sadygov, a critical Azerbaijani journalist who has been on a hunger ...