"Heba Muraisi and Kamran Ahmed have refused food for 70 and 63 days respectively as part of a rolling hunger strike that began in November. A third prisoner, Lewie Chiaramello, is also refusing food on alternating days due to type 1 diabetes. Five of the eight people who took part in the protest have ended their hunger strikes due to health concerns."
"The group is demanding: Bail and the right to a fair trial, and the reversal of the UK government's July designation of Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation, placing it alongside ISIL (ISIS) and al-Qaeda. Closure in the UK of all Elbit sites, which are facilities operated by Israel's largest defence company, manufacturing military technology used by the Israeli armed forces and other governments."
Three British Palestine Action activists are on prolonged hunger strike in multiple UK prisons, with two refusing food for 70 and 63 days and a third alternating days because of type 1 diabetes. They are held over alleged break-ins at Elbit Systems' UK subsidiary in Bristol and an RAF base in Oxfordshire where military aircraft were sprayed with red paint; they deny the charges. The activists demand bail, fair trials, reversal of the group's proscription as a terrorist organisation, closure of Elbit sites in the UK, and an end to alleged censorship inside prison. All eight participants have spent more than a year in custody without trial, exceeding usual pre-trial detention limits.
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