A hunger strike is a method of non-violent resistance where participants fast as an act of political protest, usually with the objective of achieving a specific goal, such as a policy change. [1] [2] Hunger strikers that do not take fluids are named dry hunger strikers. [3]

5 天之前 · hunger strike, form of nonviolent protest in which a person refuses to eat for a prolonged period of time until certain demands are met. Hunger strikes have been staged to draw attention to various national independence movements and such causes as women’s suffrage, prisoners’ rights, and workers

2011年8月16日 · A well-known Indian activist has been arrested ahead of a planned hunger strike in protest against a new anti-corruption law. But how effective is a hunger strike as a political statement?

2022年1月15日 · Un-PAC, a nonpartisan organization with a current mission is to get The Freedom to Vote Act passed, has restarted its hunger strike from last month and currently has members and allies protesting outside the U.S. Capitol.

2023年5月2日 · Hunger strikes can extend for months, with some prisoners refusing all nourishment except water, while others have allowed themselves small amounts of sugar and salt. In some cases, the...

This is an incomplete list of recent hunger strikes and people who have conducted a hunger strike. 1923 Irish hunger strikes – thousands of Irish Republican prisoners demand release. Includes info on 1920 Mountjoy and Cork hunger strikes. Six deaths.

2024年5月23日 · Voluntarily refusing to eat solid food and/or liquids can sometimes provide some much needed political or societal leverage for someone whose plight has captured public attention. Such a drastic but effective form of protest is known as a hunger strike.

The 1981 Irish hunger strike was the culmination of a five-year protest during the Troubles by Irish republican prisoners in Northern Ireland. The protest began as the blanket protest in 1976 when the British government withdrew Special Category Status (prisoner of war rather than criminal status) for convicted paramilitary prisoners.

2013年4月30日 · President Obama vowed on Tuesday to make good on an old campaign promise and close Guantanamo Bay, where more than half of the terror suspects held at the prison camp are on a hunger strike to...

2023年5月18日 · Hunger strikes are commonly repressed in prison and seen as disruptive, coercive, and violent. Hunger strikers and their advocates insist that incarcerated persons have a right to hunger strike, which protects them against repression and force-feeding.