Hunger strike

Reed, a former U.S. Marine from Texas, has been detained in Russia since 2019 for allegedly endangering the lives of two Moscow police officers.

His parents said he began the protest after being placed in solitary confinement and not receiving adequate medical treatment.

Cuba's government has been conducting trials of protesters arrested in July and giving sentences that rights groups say are disproportionate to their actions.

Hisham Abu Hawash is being held under "administrative detention," which is a contentious measure Israel says is a security necessity.

Blandine Brière said that her brother, Benjamin Brière, wants to "protest…and therefore put his health at risk to move things forward."

The Texas man was jailed for nine years on charges of assaulting police officers in Moscow in 2019.

Hundreds of migrants went on a hunger strike in Belgium to pressure the government, some going so far as the stitch their lips together.

Navalny said he was wakened by guards every hour of the night during his stay at the penal colony so they could film him and report his presence at the prison to officially verify his location.

The Russian opposition leader said he is ending his 24-day hunger strike in prison after citing "tremendous progress" from the protest and noting that his health was in serious decline.

As Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, 44, sits in prison amid an ongoing hunger strike, he used his Instagram account to say that he has been threatened with a straitjacket to be force-fed on Friday.

Amid concerns over his health in prison, the opposition leader posted on Instagram obstacles to his hunger strike.

It's unclear why the driver hit them, how many people were hit, the extent of their injuries or whether the driver will face any charges.

An apparent infestation of rodents and other poor conditions have prompted cadets at the Citadel, the famed military academy in South Carolina, to go on a hunger strike.

"You don't have to 'out' yourself to get help."

The attorney for the eight men said it seemed as if the prison was removing activist inmates from the general population.

"I suspect that he will wear down physically more quickly than he will wear down mentally." 

"What the police are doing is unfair. The truth is we are fighting for our rights," Honduran asylum seeker Gerson Madrid said.

Ethel Kennedy, who has been an activist for social causes since her husband's assassination in 1968, has agreed to join 38 other Kennedy family members in the 24-day hunger strike.

"I can't have any direct say in decisions that are going to be made, but this is one thing I can do," the Reverand Gary Graf told Newsweek.

They haven't eaten anything since being arrested at a sit-in on Friday, their supporters claim.

Palestinians claim the video showing the figurehead eating a snack is a decade old.

Israel may think it has a good reason to let Barghouti die but it is unlikely to cope with the aftermath.

The minors are worried that transfers to the U.K. have ceased.

Martin Gottesfeld has lost 16.5 pounds since starting his hunger strike on October 3.

Martin Gottesfeld's prison hunger strike relates to child torture claims.

Irom Sharmila had her first taste of food since beginning her fast in 2000 on Tuesday.

The Palestinians carried out gun and car-ramming attacks near the Jewish settlement of Kiryat Arba.

Raif Badawi has been on hunger strike for 24 days.

How is Obama ever going to close Guantánamo if diplomatic assurances are worthless?

Younous Chekkouri's lawyers hope a short letter from the Justice Department will help free him.