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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 528

hunger strikes

Russian dissident Pavel Kushnir died in a hunger strike in July 2024. (YouTube capture)
November 4, 2024, 8:14 am
Jewish pianist was first political prisoner in modern Russia to die in hunger strike
For posting anti-Putin videos on YouTube, Pavel Kushnir was imprisoned in Siberia. He died of starvation in protest of the war in Ukraine while awaiting trial; 11 people came to his funeral
By Matt Lebovic
Orna Shimoni outside the Knesset, Sep. 20, 2024 (Screenshot taken from X in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
September 20, 2024, 3:11 pm
83-year-old bereaved mother starts hunger strike outside Knesset to demand hostage deal
Anti-war activist Orna Shimoni says she initially kept her decision secret from her children and has told them not to treat her if she falls ill
By ToI Staff
US demonstrators carry a large photo of Mahsa Amini during a protest against the Iranian regime, in Los Angeles, on October 22, 2022, following the death of Amini in the custody of the Islamic Republic's notorious "morality police." (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
September 15, 2024, 8:34 pm
34 female prisoners hunger strike in Iran for anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death
Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi’s foundation says strike is ‘in solidarity with the protesting people of Iran, against the government’s oppressive policies’
By AFP
Illustrative: In this picture taken April 16, 2011, and released by the semi-official Mehr News Agency, a blindfolded man convicted of armed robbery, kidnapping and slaying of two policemen waits to be hanged in public. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hadi Khosravi)
January 25, 2024, 5:38 pm
Iranian dissidents launch hunger strike to protest spike in executions
Activists, led by imprisoned 2023 Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi, say wave of hangings include participant in 2022 protests who had mental health issues
By AFP
Likud leader MK Benjamin Netanyahu with Otzma Yehudit party head Itamar Ben Gvir at a vote in the assembly hall of the Knesset on December 28, 2022. (courtesy, Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
September 1, 2023, 4:23 pm
Netanyahu in public spat with Ben Gvir and own MK over Palestinian prisoners policy
After police minister declares new limits on visitations, PM insists no decision made, Ben Gvir retorts he’s made it; Tally Gotliv: ‘Shin Bet, IDF working for terrorists’ in matter
By ToI Staff
Darian Dalili speaks with a woman as he holds up a sign during a hunger strike outside the White House in Washington, DC on August 14, 2023. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)
August 15, 2023, 9:10 am
In Iranian prison and near White House, father and son embark on joint hunger strike
Shahab Dalili, a US permanent resident, is jailed at Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison as his son, Darian Dalili, holds a protest in Washington over his exclusion from prisoner deal
By AFP
Bassem Awadallah, then-director of the Office of King Abdullah II of Jordan, attends a celebration to mark Independence Day, in Amman, Jordan, on May 25, 2008. (Nader Daoud/AP)
March 13, 2023, 11:28 pm
Ex-aide jailed over Jordan royal coup hospitalized following hunger strike
Dual Jordanian-American citizen Bassem Awadallah, imprisoned for allegedly helping king’s half-brother plot takeover, suffering low sugar levels from three-week fast, lawyer says
By Josef Federman
A woman steps through a door that is covered by a mural depicting American hostages and detainees who are being held outside the US, in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, July 20, 2022. (Patrick Semansky/AP)
January 23, 2023, 2:15 pm
US citizen detained in Iran ends hunger strike after seven days
Siamak Namazi calls on Biden to consider plight of captive Americans, accuses successive US presidents of being more concerned with ‘political thermometer’ than ‘moral compass’
By AFP
This undated photo shows Baquer Namazi, left, and his son Siamak, in an unidentified location. (Babak Namazi via AP)
January 16, 2023, 8:36 am
‘My captors enjoy taunting me’: US citizen jailed in Iran announces hunger strike
Siamak Namazi pens open letter to Joe Biden, urging him to ‘set his mind’ to freeing him and other hostages, following similar deals sealed by his predecessors Obama and Trump
By AFP
Egypt's leading pro-democracy activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah speaks during a conference at the American University in Cairo, Egypt, September 22, 2014. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
November 17, 2022, 6:12 pm
Jailed Egyptian’s condition has ‘deteriorated severely’ since hunger strike — family
Alaa Abdel-Fattah’s sister calls visit ‘unsettling’; pro-democracy activist recently halted months-long protest fast under yet-unknown circumstances
By AP
Screen capture from video of the arrest of prominent Iranian dissident Hossein Ronaghi, September 2022. (Twitter. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
November 13, 2022, 2:12 pm
Condition of hunger-striking Iranian dissident worsening, warns brother
Prominent anti-regime figure Hossein Ronaghi, who was arrested last month, moved to a medical facility within Evin prison
By AFP
Egypt's leading pro-democracy activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah speaks during a conference at the American University in Cairo, Egypt, September 22, 2014. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
November 10, 2022, 4:27 pm
Egypt puts hunger-striking activist into medical treatment
Lawyers for Alaa Abdel-Fattah demand details on ‘medical intervention,’ call for him to be moved to a civilian hospital; move comes as Egypt hosts UN climate conference
By AP
Egyptian activist and blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah gives an interview at his home in Cairo, May 17, 2019. (Khaled DESOUKI / AFP)
November 8, 2022, 6:39 pm
Amid COP27 summit, pressure mounts on host Egypt to free hunger-striking dissident
The fate of Alaa Abdel Fattah, who has been eating 100 calories a day for seven months and stopped drinking water this week, has become a central issue at UN climate conference
By AFP
Egypt’s most prominent activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah during a conference held at the American University in Cairo, Egypt, on September 22, 2014. (AP/ Nariman el-Mofty)
October 31, 2022, 9:07 pm
Jailed Egyptian dissident announces hunger strike ahead of COP27 climate summit
A major figure in the 2011 revolt that toppled longtime autocrat Hosni Mubarak, Alaa Abdel Fattah is currently serving a 5-year sentence for ‘broadcasting false news’
By AFP
Khalil Awawdeh, a Palestinian who has been on a hunger strike for several months protesting being jailed without charge or trial under what Israel refers to as administrative detention, lies in bed at Asaf Harofeh Hospital in Be'er Ya'akov on August 24, 2022. (AP/Mahmoud Illean)
August 31, 2022, 6:01 am
High Court rejects Palestinian detainee’s appeal, urges him to end hunger strike
Judges express hope Khalil Awawdeh, who now weighs 80 pounds after fasting for six months and is in danger of ‘sudden death,’ will ‘come to his senses’
By Agencies
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