This communiqué is to inform that all the political prisoners of the FARC-EP who are in the high and medium security prison of San Isidro, Popayán, have begun a hunger strike for an indefinite period …
Prison strike organiser Kinetik Justice is in danger for his life
On October 21, 2016 Robert Earl Council (aka Kinetik Justice Amun) went on a Hunger Strike based on threats against his life from the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) administration and staff. He was transferred …
More anarchists arrested in Italy
At dawn on September 6, a police operation in Turin led to the raids of around thirty houses and arrests of five anarchists, who were then charged with conspiracy to commit terrorism, in regards to the …
Yarl’s Wood women go on hunger strike
(reposted from rabble.org.uk) Today detainees from Yarl’s Wood detention centre announced they were going on hunger strike. Yarl’s Wood is a 400-person capacity migrant detention centre in Bedfordshire, UK, run by Serco. The hunger strike …
IMPRISONED ANARCHIST MARTIN IGNAČÁK HAS GONE ON HUNGER STRIKE
On Friday 27.5. 2016 in Pankrác remand prison anarchist Martin Ignačák accused of terrorism went on hunger strike. He did this because on 29.4.2016 the City court in Prague ruled in favour of his release …
Prisoner Hunger Strikes
Around the world hunger strikes are used by prisoners as a last resort in struggling against the oppressive prison system. Here’s an update about a couple of hunger strikes from Palestine and the United States, …
Barry Horne 10 year anniversary memorial event
Barry Horne was an animal liberationist who quite literally died for his beliefs whilst serving an 18 year prison sentence. Whilst in prison he engaged in 3 hungerstrikes in less than 3 years, the first …
Hunger Strike in Cárcel de Alta Seguridad (Chile)
October 26th 2011 – Prisoners on the second and third floors of the H wing of the Cárcel de Alta Seguridad took action and started an indefinite liquid hunger strike. This mobilisation has come about …
Prisoner List October 2011
The latest list of ‘political prisoners’, compiled by Bristol ABC from a large number of sources, is now available. As ever the updating of this list is a labour of love in these times of …
California Prisoner Hunger Strike – More on Medical Crisis, Need Support Pressuring Immediate Negotiations
Legal representatives made visits to the Secure Housing Unit (SHU) at California’s Pelican Bay prison Tuesday, and interviewed a number of hunger strikers. Each prisoner explained how medical conditions of hundreds of hunger strikers in …