"Hunger strikes end only when power intervenes, or when people die. We learned, through pain, permanent damage, and watching our comrades fall, how states behave when prisoners have no choice but to refuse the only right afforded to them: food. As such, we write in uncompromising solidarity with the hunger strikers held today in British prisons: Qesser Zuhrah, Amu Gib, Heba Muraisi, Kamran Ahmed, Teuta Hoxha, Jon Cink, Lewie Chiaramello, and Muhammad Umer Khalid."
"They are imprisoned on remand, without trial and without conviction. For some, their remand has lasted over a year, and for most, they will not see trial for two. The UK government has chosen prolonged remand, isolation and their censorship. It has chosen to restrict their contact with loved ones, allow medical neglect, and deployed the language of terror in an insidious attempt to deliberately strip these prisoners of public sympathy and basic rights before any trial takes place."
Survivors of state violence who are former hunger strikers from Palestine, Ireland, and Guantanamo Bay demand immediate action on behalf of current hunger strikers held in British prisons. They declare uncompromising solidarity with named prisoners who are on remand without trial or conviction. Many detainees have been held over a year and face waits of up to two years before trial. The UK government is accused of choosing prolonged remand, isolation, censorship, restricted contact with loved ones, medical neglect, and using terror language to strip prisoners of sympathy and rights. The signatories link these conditions to broader abuses against Palestinian prisoners and call for urgent government intervention.
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