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.

Younis Chekkouri was repatriated to Morocco, but is being held in an undisclosed location as he is investigated.

Hassan's story offers a glimpse into the lives of dozens of men who say they've been accidentally ensnared in the war against Al-Qaeda.

Two hundred and fifty prisoners are protesting their detention without charge or trial.

The Israeli government says prisoners' hunger strikes are being used to "harm" and "threaten" the country.

A police spokeswoman said he lacked an Israeli entry permit.

Nadiya Savchenko is charged with being involved in an attack that killed to Russian journalists.

The court refused to bring forward Nadiya Savchenko's trial date despite her deteriorating health after 70 days on hunger strike.

Obama administration to appeal district court's decision to release tapes.

A small victory for Guantánamo Bay hunger strikers after a U.S. Navy nurse refuses to force-feed them