"As a months-long hunger strike persists, calls for immediate government intervention grow louder. Six prisoners currently on remand and linked to the banned group Palestine Action have gone on hunger strike, prompting warnings from hundreds of United Kingdom healthcare professionals that they face an immediate risk to their lives. The prisoners are accused of involvement in break-ins at a UK factory operated by Israel's largest weapons manufacturer, Elbit, near Bristol and a Royal Air Force base in Oxfordshire last year, during which two military planes were spray-painted."
"The hunger strikers have five key demands: immediate bail, the right to a fair trial (which they say would include the release of documents related to the ongoing witch-hunt of activists and campaigners), ending censorship of their communications, de-proscribing Palestine Action, which is classed as a terrorist' group, and the shutting down of Elbit Systems, the Israel-based defence manufacturer with several UK factories."
Six prisoners on remand linked to Palestine Action have been on a months-long hunger strike while awaiting trial on charges of criminal damage and unauthorised entry. Hundreds of UK healthcare professionals warn that the detainees face an immediate risk to their lives. The accused deny the charges related to break-ins at an Elbit factory near Bristol and an RAF base in Oxfordshire. The hunger strikers demand immediate bail, a fair trial with release of documents, an end to censorship of communications, de-proscription of Palestine Action, and closure of Elbit Systems. Some have been detained over a year and two were hospitalised last week.
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