US EditionPalestine Action detainee taken to hospital after 58 days of hunger strike, family says
Kamran Ahmed has been hospitalized six times during his 59-day hunger strike protesting extended pre-trial detention and demands including de-proscription of Palestine Action.
- After 58 days on hunger strike, a Palestine Action remand prisoner was taken to hospital for the fifth time after abnormal ECG readings, his family said.
- Palestine Action prisoners are refusing food to protest prolonged pre-trial detention beyond the 182-day pre-trial custody limit and demand de-proscription, bail, or transfers while denying charges.
- Medical experts caution that prolonged fasting risks irreversible neurological harm and refeeding syndrome, as Heba Muraisi, 31, hunger striker at HMP New Hall, suffers muscle spasms and breathing difficulties on day 66.
- Lawyers have urged Justice Secretary David Lammy to meet immediately, warning clients are in a critical phase likely to decline irreversibly while supporters protested at Parliament Square on Wednesday.
- With parallels to 1981, campaigners note the strikes match Bobby Sands' final day while HM Prison and Probation Service says healthcare is provided and supporters protested at Parliament Square on Wednesday 7 January.
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UK: Pro-Gaza hunger striker hospitalised for the sixth time
Kamran Ahmed, one of the three pro-Palestine activists still on hunger strike while in detention in the UK, has been hospitalised for the sixth time, with medical visits becoming more frequent. He has now been hunger striking for 60 days to demand bail and the right to a fair trial. Ahmed, part of the Filton 24, was taken to hospital after an abnormal ECG reading and his health is reportedly “severely deteriorated”, with intermittent hearing los…
Palestine Action Hunger-Striker Hospitalised With Heart Muscle Shrinkage
A Palestine Action-linked prisoner on hunger strike has been hospitalised with shrinkage of his heart muscle, while another has gone without food for longer than 80% of Irish republican hunger strikers who died in 1981. Kamran Ahmed, 28, has gone 60 days without food, whilst Heba Muraisi, 31, is on day 67. Both are at a critical point in their hunger strike, and medical professionals say they are at risk of imminent death. Ahmed was hospitalis…
Palestine Action activist on hunger strike ‘having difficulty breathing’ at HMP New Hall
A Palestine Action activist who has been on hunger strike for 66 days while in a West Yorkshire prison awaiting trial is having difficulty breathing, her next of kin has said.
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