"Four members of the advocacy group Palestine Action have pledged this week to continue their hunger strike amid grave medical warnings and the hospitalisations of their fellow protesters. The group's members are being held in five prisons in the United Kingdom over alleged involvement in break-ins at a facility of the UK's subsidiary of the Israeli defence firm Elbit Systems in Bristol and a Royal Air Force base"
"Relatives and loved ones told Al Jazeera of the members' deteriorating health amid the hunger strikes, which have led to repeated hospital admissions. Lawyers representing the detainees have revealed plans to sue the government. The case has brought international attention to the UK's treatment of groups standing in solidarity with Palestinians amid Israel's genocidal war in Gaza. Thousands of people have rallied in support of Palestine Action every week."
Four Palestine Action members are continuing hunger strikes in UK prisons, with fellow protesters repeatedly hospitalised and medical warnings described as grave. The detainees are held in five prisons over alleged involvement in break-ins at Elbit Systems' Bristol facility and a Royal Air Force base in Oxfordshire. They demand better prison conditions, the right to a fair trial, and reversal of a July policy that listed the movement as a terror group. Palestine Action denies violent disorder charges against eight detainees. Relatives report deteriorating health. Lawyers plan to sue the government. Thousands rally weekly and the case has attracted international attention.
Read at www.aljazeera.com
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