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Hunger Strikers in London urge US to live up to its responsibilities
A seriously ill woman is determined to carry on her hunger strike outside the US embassy in London in protest over torture of Iranian exiles at the refugee camp Ashraf in Iraq, she said today. Fatemeh Khezrie, 44, began her protest 17 days ago taking...
Tags: iran, iraq, pmoi, ashraf, refugee camp, us embassy, hunger strike
Inmates on hunger strike
Bloemfontein :: South Africa | 3 months ago
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Nine prisoners have embarked on a hunger strike at the Mangaung Correctional Centre, near Bloemfontein, the correctional services ministry said on Wednesday. Ministerial spokesperson Sonwabo Mbananga said Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula and her deputy...
Tags: hunger strike
Hunger strike at Greek detainee center
Athens :: Greece | 3 months ago
Credibility Hundreds of immigrants to Greece being held on the island of Samos have begun a hunger strike to protest a plan to move them to another detention center. About 580 detainees joined the protest, Kathimerini reported. The hunger strike began Tuesday when...
Tags: Greek, hunger strike
Charsadda traders warn of shutter down strike Muflis Durrani
Chārsadda :: Pakistan | 4 months ago
Credibility Muttahida Shopkeepers Organization on Wednesday held a hunger strike camp to express its resentment over the unscheduled and long power load shedding at Farooq Azam chowk. The chairman of MSO, Mufarikh Shah, president Haji Hakeemullah Fauji and general...
Tags: complete shutter, hunger strike
Sharmila Kanba Lup protest
Mumbai :: India | 4 months ago
Credibility Sharmila Kanba Lupâ continued the relay hunger strike from 10th December 2008 at PDA Complex, Porompat and supported by club, meira paibis, organisations, film forum, players, artists, singers, intellectual and different communities. The release also...
Relay strike crosses 194 days
Imphāl :: India | 5 months ago
Credibility The relay hunger strike organized by the Sharmila Kanba Lup has completed the 194 days today on Sunday and on this day with satisfaction of women folk (meira paibis) who have been struggling for so long in order to save the Iron Lady of Manipur Irom Chanu...
Tags: relay hunger, hunger strike
Iraqi prisoners protest at torture, rape
Baghdad :: Iraq | 5 months ago
Credibility Hundreds of Iraqi prisoners have launched a protest at dire prison conditions and systematic torture including rape, lawmakers said on Monday. The prisoners have gone on a partial hunger strike to try to draw the government's attention to their plight,...
Tags: hunger strike, Iraqi
The Sun, UK: House torn in hunger strike row
London :: United Kingdom | 5 months ago
Credibility FED-UP Noirin sparked a massive BB row as she went on hunger strike. Noirin, 25, vowed to give up food over the "glasses" and "moustache" she has to wear. The Dublin-born lass had been told by Big Brother to draw specs and whiskers on her face...But Marcus...
Tags: hunger strike, Noirin
Officials warn of crocodile attack
Bengkulu :: Indonesia | 5 months ago
Credibility The local natural conservation agency head, Jaja Mulyana, cautioned villagers, however, more crocodile attacks might occur, saying the river that dissects the village is infested with the reptile. “I don’t know if the crocodile that we captured is the...
Sri Lanka: British Aid worker suspends hunger strike
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | 5 months ago
Credibility British Aid worker suspends hunger strike [TamilNet, Tuesday, 09 June 2009, 12:08 GMT] Over 500 people gathered in London outside Parliament, for a ceremony to mark the end of a hunger strike carried out by Tim Martin, a British former aid worker and...
Tags: Sri Lanka, Bruce Fein, aid worker, white paper, lankan tamils, Chennai, hunger strike, Jayalalithaa
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