LONDON: The remaining Palestine Action protester on hunger strike in the UK is refusing to drink water, which a doctor has warned could kill him.
Umer Khalid, 22, has maintained his strike since November, with a brief pause around Christmas when he fell ill, The Guardian reported on Saturday.
Along with seven others, Khalid began the hunger strike in protest against charges for alleged criminal damage and break-ins carried out with Palestine Action, which is a banned group. All the hunger strikers have denied the charges and have called on authorities to drop them.
Khalid is the last prisoner still on hunger strike, with the previous three ending their campaign 10 days ago.
It came after the UK government decided not to award a lucrative arms contract to Elbit Systems UK, the British subsidiary of the Israeli weapons giant.
