Jan. 15 (UPI) -- Three activists linked to the banned group Palestine Action ended their hunger strike in prison after the British government opted not to give a $2.7 billion project to the U.K. subsidiary of Israeli defense contractor Elbit Systems.
Heba Muraisi, 31, and Kamran Ahmed, 28, were 73 days and 66-days into their hunger strikes, while Lewie Chiaramello, 22, had been refusing food on alternate days for 46 days, when they halted their protest on Wednesday.
Prisoners for Palestine said four others who had temporarily resumed taking food were also ending their protest on the basis of the Ministry of Defense decision not to award the contract to train 60,000 British troops to Elbit, which was one of the protesters' main demands.
The group said a meeting of senior prison healthcare leaders and representatives of the hunger striking prisoners brokered by Ministry of Justice to discuss prison conditions and treatment, had also been instrumental in persuading the seven to quit.
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