Browsing: strikers

The prisons minister may justifiably say that temporary release for prisoners awaiting trial is a matter for an independent judiciary, but this by no means absolves…

Belfast, Northern Ireland — On New Year’s Eve, as fireworks lit the Belfast sky, the city’s streets were abuzz — and not only in celebration.Hundreds gathered…

In all of English sport there are few traditions quite as beloved as Boxing Day at the football, and while the Premier League has largely absented…

We are not involved in the medical management of the Palestine Action hunger strikers, though we have experience of previous such protests (Families of Palestine Action…

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…

In 1981, IRA and other republican prisoners went on hunger strike in Northern Ireland, demanding the restoration of their political status. Ten would die; extraordinarily, their…

NewsFeedSix British hunger strikers linked to protest group Palestine Action are at risk of death in prison, doctors and relatives warn. The activists are held in…