Last Palestine Action hunger striker ends protest after being hospitalised with organ failure

Umer Khalid, 22, had started refusing water in escalation of protest against charges and treatment in jail

The last Palestine Action-affiliated prisoner on hunger strike has ended his protest, two days after he started refusing water.

Umer Khalid, 22, who is being held at Wormwood Scrubs in west London, had escalated his action on Friday by going on thirst strike, raising fears that he could die within days.

At a Prisoners for Palestine press conference on Tuesday, Saeed Taji Farouky, a British-Palestinian film-maker and educator, said Khalid ended his protest on Sunday after being taken to intensive care with organ failure.

“He’s agreed to the very slow, dangerous process of refeeding and he’s drinking again,” Farouky said. “He was successful in his hunger strike. Most of his demands were accepted.”