Eight political prisoners in the UK are on an open-ended hunger strike, the largest coordinated hunger strike in British prisons since the 1980s. Accused of links to the banned group Palestine Action, the prisoners say their protest reflects the conditions faced by Palestinian prisoners, where hunger strikes have long been used when legal avenues fail. As concerns grow over their health, the protest has revived a global history of hunger strikes as a last form of resistance. | TRT World

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