Four Palestine Action hunger strikers vow to continue as two pause protest

"Four prisoners in the United Kingdom linked to the banned group Palestine Action are continuing with their hunger strike, despite grave medical warnings and two fellow strikers having recently paused their protest after suffering serious health concerns. The protest group Prisoners For Palestine said the four remaining hunger strikers Kamran Ahmed, Heba Muraisi, Teuta Hoxha and Lewie Chiaramello would continue with their protest action, despite Ahmed, 28, being hospitalised on Saturday for the third time since he began refusing food."

"The hunger strikers are demanding immediate bail, the right to a fair trial, and for the UK to de-proscribe Palestine Action, which it outlawed as a terror group in July. For their part, the pro-Palestinian group says the UK government is complicit in Israeli war crimes committed in Gaza. They are also calling for an end to alleged censorship of their communication, and are demanding that all sites operated by Israel's largest weapons manufacturer, Elbit, be closed."

"The statement said the remaining strikers, who are being held on remand, were adding to their list of demands: calling for an end to non-association orders between them, for access to the same courses and activities as sentenced prisoners, and for Muraisi to be transferred back from a prison in northern England to Bronzefield prison in Surrey, closer to her networks in London."

Four prisoners in the United Kingdom linked to Palestine Action are continuing a hunger strike despite medical warnings and recent hospitalisations. The four named strikers are Kamran Ahmed, Heba Muraisi, Teuta Hoxha and Lewie Chiaramello, with Ahmed hospitalised multiple times since refusing food. The hunger strikers demand immediate bail, the right to a fair trial, and for Palestine Action to be de-proscribed. Additional demands include ending alleged censorship of communications, closing Elbit-operated sites, lifting non-association orders between them, equal access to courses and activities for remand prisoners, and transferring Muraisi closer to London.

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