After 19 hours, the students of Jahangirnagar University (JU), who were on a hunger strike demanding the abolition of the ward quota, suspended their protest following an assurance from the ...

How a small hunger strike against solitary confinement turned into a massive statewide protest. The high-security Pelican Bay prison was designed for mass-scale solitary confinement, often for a ...

Family members of 32 Sosma detainees have ended a hunger strike, but the detainees will carry on, an activist said today. Azura Nasron of the Suaram human rights group told FMT the hunger strike ...

In 2013, nearly 4,000 California inmates in long-term solitary confinement (for decades, in some cases) went on what would become a months-long hunger strike. The collective action was designed to ...

Dibrugarh: Contractual teachers from two tea garden primary schools in Tinsukia district jointly launched an indefinite hunger strike at Hokongori Tea Estate in Doomdooma from 7 am on Sunday to ...

The health of jailed Member of Parliament Engineer Rashid has worsened as his indefinite hunger strike at Tihar Jail entered its eighth day on Friday. Rashid has been shifted to Ram Manohar Lohia ...

Family members of 32 men being held under the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012 (Sosma) launched a hunger strike in front of the Sungai Buloh Prisons Complex this morning. They are ...

Incarcerated Member of Parliament (MP) and Awami Ittehad Party (AIP) chief Engineer Rashid, who completed five days of hunger strike inside the Tihar Jail on Tuesday (February 4, 2025), has lost ...

The Awami Ittehad Party stated on Tuesday that jailed MP Engineer Rashid, who is on an indefinite hunger strike, has lost 5 kg in just four days but “remains steadfast in his fight for justice”.

Students of Government Titumir College have been continuing their hunger strike for the fourth consecutive day, demanding the transformation of their college into a university. At least 10 students ...

Laila Soueif (centre) hasn't eaten for 134 days as she campaigns for her son's release from jail in Egypt. A mother who has been on hunger strike for 134 days to ...

Students from Dhaka’s Government Titumir College have started a fourth day of a hunger strike to demand the institution be given state recognition as an independent university. If a declaration ...