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Migrant hunger strike puts pressure on Belgian government

Migration

A hunger strike by hundreds of migrants living in Belgium without legal permission is putting increasing pressure on a government coalition weighing the wellbeing of those involved against the need to stick to immigration and asylum rules.

A person paints a sign that says "I can't breathe" on a wall with a purple background.

Public art honoring Egyptian American Moustafa Kassem sends universal human rights message

Human rights
Alan Gross

US contractor Alan Gross starts a hunger strike in hopes of being released from a Cuban military prison

Global Politics

Hunger strikes are last resort for Pussy Riot band member and Russian mothers

Global Politics

In California, Almost 30,000 Inmates Go on Hunger Strike

Ramadan at Guantanamo Bay

The holy month of Ramadan began at sundown on Monday night. And with it, millions of Muslims around the world began abstaining from food and drink during daylight hours, in the hopes of finding spiritual growth. But for the Muslims in Guantanamo Bay who’ve been on hunger strike since the spring, Ramadan is a far […]

The World

Gitmo Hunger Striker Recounts Ordeal of Forced Feeding

Conflict & Justice

Algerian detainee Ahmed Belbacha was arrested just months after the September 11th attacks in 2001. Belbacha, like the other detainees, cannot speak with reporters. But he offered his testimony to the BBC.

Hunger Strike Grows at Guantanamo

With all the national headlines over the last week — bombings and a manhunt in Boston,  explosions in Texas,    and the Senate’s great debate over gun control — a growing hunger strike by prisoners at Guantanamo Bay escaped most Americans’ notice. The U.S. military says that 94 prisoners are now on a hunger strike at the detention […]

The Medical Ethics of Force-Feeding Guantanamo Hunger Strikers

This week a large team of “medical reinforcements” including Navy nurses, corpsmen, and specialists, were deployed to Guantanamo Bay as a response to the ongoing inmate hunger strike. With about 100 inmates refusing food in protest, the use of force-feeding tubes is now widespread, due to a military directive that aims to keep patients alive, […]

President Obama: Guantanamo Bay Prison Must Close

President Barack Obama has pledged a new push to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, amid a growing prisoner hunger strike there.