Tag: hunger
Gitmo inmates on hunger strike over seizure of Korans, personal belongings
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Lawyers for Guantanamo Bay inmates have claimed "all but a few men" are on a hunger strike over their Qurans being taken away. The condition of the strikers "appears to be rapidly deteriorating and reaching a potent...
In Focus: Kenya on the brink (II)
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IMF food subsidy cuts, import-dependent staple food, an independence movement by Muslims in Mombasa and many more, has put Kenya in serious trouble. Hunger speculators lead by financial terrorists such as Goldman Sa...
Palestinian students support hunger strikers in Israeli jails
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Palestinian students of Birzeit University, located in the town of Birzeit North of Ramallah, held a rally on Wednesday inside of the university campus in su...
Israel continues indiscriminate arrest of palestinian protesters
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Israel has long exercised a policy of indiscriminate arrest of Palestinian protesters, including miners. A policy which has been recently escalated following days of protests and hunger strikes by Palestinians again...
The Resident — Are Americans abusing food stamps?
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According to the US Department of Agriculture, the number of Americans receiving food stamps assistance has doubled between 2006 and 2011. But now, the number of people who are using the Supplemental Nutrition Assis...
Activists stage sit-in to voice solidarity with Palestinian hunger striking inmates
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A large sit-in was held outside the International Red Cross in Ramallah in support of the prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli jails. The families of prisoners currently being held in Israeli jails, alongside polit...
Al Jazeera reports from West Bank funeral
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Palestinians in the occupied West Bank are burying a man who died in an Israeli jail. Israel says Arafat Jaradat died of a heart attack, but the Palestinian Authority says the autopsy report showed that he was tortu...
Palestinians protest to demand release of hunger striking prisoners
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Pressures mounting on Israel. Palestinian youth are standing up against the Israeli army. Scenes reminiscent of the first and second Palestinian Intifada. On the opposite side: Israeli soldiers in full gear. Ready t...
UN chief concerned about Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails
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The United Nations is speaking out on the plight of Palestinian hunger strikers in Israeli jails -- but only up to a point. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he's concerned about the situation and wants a quick ...
‘World silent on Palestinian plight’
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An analyst says Palestinian hunger strikers who are protesting against the indefinite imprisonment of Palestinians in Israeli jails are bringing the question of administrative detention to the eyes of the world. The...
‘West pays no heed to Palestinian plight’
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A political analyst tells Press TV that as long as the pressure from the West and rest of the world is not too great, the Israelis will continue to keep Palestinian detainees without charge or trial. The comments ca...
Demonstration held in support of prisoners on hunger strike
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Palestinians were out on the streets throughout the occupied West Bank this week to show solidarity with hunger strikers kept in Israeli jails. Some of these demonstrations, however, met with violence by the Israeli...
Family of Palestinian hunger striker complain of harassment
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The Israeli army has used tear gas to break up a protest in the occupied West Bank where demonstrators threw rocks during a rally, demanding fairer treatment for Palestinian prisoners. About 4.500 Palestinians are i...
Palestinians rally for hunger striker
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Israeli soldiers have clashed with Palestinian protesters at a rally in support of a prisoner observing an hunger strike to protest his incarceration. The Israeli military said about 200 Palestinians threw rocks at ...
A Voice for the Voiceless
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When a nickel mine threatens the livelihood of the indigenous people on the Philippines' Mindoro Island, Father Edu Gariguez launches a hunger strike. This story is part of "The New Environmentalists," a series fund...