"Umer Khalid, a 22-year-old British pro-Palestine activist, has ended a hunger and thirst strike in prison after his health deteriorated rapidly, with fears he was at high risk of a heart attack. Khalid, who is being held on pre-trial remand at the Wormwood Scrubs Prison in London, ended his protest on Sunday, the day he was treated in intensive care as his heart rate slowed to a dangerous level."
"Khalid had begun to refuse fluids late on Friday in an escalation of his hunger strike. Doctors had warned that Khalid, who suffers from limb-girdle muscular dystrophy, a condition that causes muscle weakness and wasting, was likely to die suddenly by refusing fluids with electrolytes, sugars and salts."
"Khalid is among eight remand prisoners affiliated with Palestine Action who participated in the action, which is said to have been the largest coordinated hunger strike in UK history since 1981, when Irish Republican inmates were led by Bobby Sands. Khalid was the last to keep refusing food after the others ended their protest earlier this month, one of whom had refused food for 73 days."
Umer Khalid, a 22-year-old British pro-Palestine activist held on pre-trial remand at Wormwood Scrubs, ended a 16-day hunger and thirst strike after rapid health deterioration and intensive care treatment when his heart rate slowed to a dangerous level. He escalated his protest by refusing fluids late on Friday, prompting medical warnings that his limb-girdle muscular dystrophy increased the risk of sudden death from fluid and electrolyte deprivation. Khalid was one of eight Palestine Action-affiliated remand prisoners in a rolling hunger strike that began in November. Physicians warn of organ failure, potential irreversible damage, and dangerous refeeding risks.
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