Justice secretary urged to ‘show a bit of humanity’ with protesters severely ill after refusing food for weeks
Who are the Palestine Action hunger strikers and what are the health risks?
Families and supporters of Palestine Action-affiliated hunger strikers have pleaded with David Lammy to meet them in an attempt to end the impasse over the protest that has left some of them severely unwell.
On Monday, as the protest reached a dangerous stage, lawyers for the hunger strikers sent a legal letter claiming that by refusing a meeting the justice secretary had failed to comply with the Ministry of Justice’s own policy on handling of hunger strikes.
The intervention came after three of the prisoners were simultaneously in hospital on Sunday: Qesser Zuhrah, 20, and Amu Gib, 30, who have been refusing food for 51 days and Kamran Ahmed, 28, who is on day 43 of his hunger strike.
