Lawyers and relatives of the remand prisoners refusing food fear for their lives as they seek meeting with top minister.
Lawyers and relatives of the remand prisoners refusing food fear for their lives as they seek meeting with top minister.
By Anealla Safdar
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London, United Kingdom – Lawyers and loved ones of hunger strikers linked to the protest group Palestine Action are warning the activists could die in prison as they accuse British prison officials of a lack of care and communication and the justice secretary of ignoring their demands for a meeting.
Prisoners remaining on rolling hunger strike are suffering with dangerous symptoms, loved ones and a doctor say.
Lawyers of the group threaten court proceedings as top ministers refuse to meet them to discuss the protesters' welfare.
Hundreds of doctors, dozens of MPs and thousands of everyday Britons call on the justice secretary to intervene.
As a months-long hunger strike persists, calls for immediate government intervention grow louder.
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