{"id":27160,"date":"2025-12-23T04:55:29","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T04:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=27160"},"modified":"2025-12-23T04:55:38","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T04:55:38","slug":"palestine-action-hunger-strikes-what-are-their-demands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=27160","title":{"rendered":"Palestine Action hunger strikes: What are their demands?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As a months-long hunger strike persists, calls for immediate government intervention grow louder.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Police officers detain protesters during the ‘Lift the Ban’ demonstration organised by the civil action and campaign group Defend Our Juries ahead of a judicial review into the decision to designate the Palestine Action group as a terrorist organisation, at Tavistock Square in London, UK [File: Rasid Necati Aslim\/Anadolu]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

<\/a>Six prisoners currently on remand and linked to the banned group Palestine Action have gone on hunger strike, prompting\u00a0warnings<\/a>\u00a0from hundreds of United Kingdom healthcare professionals that they face an immediate risk to their lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The prisoners are accused of involvement in break-ins at a UK factory operated by Israel\u2019s largest weapons manufacturer, Elbit, near Bristol and a Royal Air Force base in Oxfordshire last year, during which two military planes were spray-painted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All six individuals deny the charges, which relate to criminal damage and unauthorized entry. Some have been held in custody for more than a year while awaiting trial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two of the hunger strikers were\u00a0hospitalized<\/a>\u00a0last week, as family members raised concerns about prison conditions and a lack of government action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So why are the six prisoners on hunger strike?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What are their demands?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The hunger strikers have five key demands: immediate bail, the right to a fair trial (which they say would include the release of documents related to \u201cthe ongoing witch-hunt of activists and campaigners\u201d), ending censorship of their communications, \u201cde-proscribing\u201d Palestine Action, which is classed as a \u2018terrorist\u2019 group, and the shutting down of Elbit Systems, the Israel-based defence manufacturer with several UK factories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The protesters have also called for an end to their alleged censorship in prison, accusing authorities of withholding mail, calls and books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looking ahead, the six prisoners are expected to be held for more than one year until their trial dates, well beyond the UK\u2019s six-month pre-trial detention limit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What have they been charged with?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The prisoners on hunger strike, aged between 20 and 31, are: Qesser Zuhrah, Amu Gib, Heba Muraisi, Teuta Hoxha and Kamran Ahmed. Lewie Chiaramello is on a partial strike, refusing food every other day as he is diabetic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They are being held across five prisons for their alleged involvement in break-ins<\/a> at the UK subsidiary of Elbit Systems in Filton near Bristol, where equipment was reportedly damaged, and at a Royal Air Force base in Oxfordshire, where two military aircraft were sprayed with red paint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The prisoners deny the charges against them, which include burglary and violent disorder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Palestine Action was branded a \u2018terror\u2019 group in July<\/a>, a label that applies to groups such as ISIL (ISIS). More than 1,600 arrests linked to support for Palestine Action were made in the three months following the ban\u2019s introduction. The ban has been challenged in court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For their part, the pro-Palestinian group believes the UK government is complicit in Israeli war crimes committed in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Numerous rights organisations have said that Israel\u2019s actions in Gaza amounted to genocide. A United Nations inquiry released in September also said Israel\u2019s war in Gaza was a genocide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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