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NEWS ABOUT: hunger strike

hunger strike stories: 19 news summaries

Jail Force-Feeds Ailing Sect Leader Jeffs

'Death could be imminent' without medical intervention

Aug 4, 09 1:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Warren Jeffs began eating of his own accord again today, after being force-fed all weekend by medical staff at the Arizona jail where the polygamist leader is being held, the Salt Lake City Tribune reports. A series of self-imposed fasts have left Jeffs, 53, in such poor health that “... More »

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polygamy • Warren Jeffs • hunger strike • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints • force feeding • underage marriage

'Shoe-Bomber' on Hunger Strike
in Colo. Prison

Supermax inmate force-fed, hydrated
after refusing food

Jun 10, 09 1:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Convicted terrorist Richard Reid has been on hunger strike inside Colorado's Supermax prison since March, reports the Times of London. The British Muslim, sentenced to life after attempting to blow up a transatlantic jet with bombs hidden in his shoes, has refused 59 meals in recent month. Reid has been... More »

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Islamic extremists • hunger strike • Richard Reid • Supermax

(Newser) - Lakhdar Boumediene, the Guantanamo detainee who took on the Bush administration in a landmark Supreme Court case, was released today and flown to France to be reunited with relatives, the Washington Post reports. He was named the plaintiff in Boumediene v. Bush, the Supreme Court case that extended... More »

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France • Guantanamo Bay • hunger strike • Boumediene • Boumediene v. Bush • Lakhdar Boumediene

Reporter Jailed in Iran
Ends Hunger Strike

Iranian judiciary denies strike, father says she's 'very weak'

May 6, 09 12:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jailed journalist Roxana Saberi has ended her 2-week hunger strike a day after the Iranian judiciary said she'll get an appeal hearing on her spying conviction, Reuters reports. The Iranian-American consumed only dates and sweetened water and became "very weak," her father said. The hearing on Saberi's 8-year... More »

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Iran • jail • journalist • spying • hunger strike • Roxana Saberi • Reza Saberi

Iran to Hear Detained Journo's Appeal Next Week

Iranian officials continue to deny that Saberi is on hunger strike

May 5, 09 3:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi will get her chance to overturn or lighten an 8-year prison sentence for spying early next week, when an Iranian court will hear her appeal, Reuters reports. Saberi’s father said the 32-year-old is “very weak,” having been on hunger strike for two weeks.... More »

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Iran • espionage • journalist • spying • hunger strike • US citizenship • detention • Roxana Saberi

 Clinton to Iran: Free Reporter 

Secretary of State cites concerns over hunger-striking journalist's health

Apr 30, 09 2:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton demanded that Iran release Roxana Saberi, the Iranian-American journalist held on accusations of spying, Reuters reports. “We have great concerns about Ms. Saberi’s health and well being,” Clinton said today, citing reports that Saberi is on hunger strike. The case raises questions about Iran’s... More »

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Hillary Clinton • secretary of State • United States • journalist • hunger strike • Roxana Saberi • Reza Saberi

 Blaine Offers 
 Farrow Hunger 
 Strike Tips 

Illusionist's starvation tips help Farrow endure fast for Darfur

Apr 30, 09 8:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mia Farrow took advice from a pro before going on a hunger strike for Darfur, the New York Daily News reports. Farrow says illusionist David Blaine—who once spent 44 seemingly food-free days sealed inside a Plexiglass case—told her the hunger pangs would stop six days in, and to... More »

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Darfur • Mia Farrow • hunger strike • David Blaine • fasting

US Journo 'Very Weak' in Iranian Jail: Father

As parents visit, Saberi vows to stretch hunger strike into second week

Apr 27, 09 12:44 PM CDT
(AP) - An American journalist jailed in Iran for allegedly spying for the US is vowing to remain on a hunger strike until she is freed even though she is "very weak," her father said today. Roxana Saberi has been on a hunger strike for a week, following her conviction... More »

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Iran • journalist • hunger strike • Roxana Saberi • Reza Saberi

 Resolute, 
 Saberi Marks 
 32nd Birthday 

Parents of jailed journo told her 'the world was with her'

Apr 26, 09 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Journalist Roxana Saberi is spending her 32nd birthday in an Iranian prison today—determined to maintain a hunger strike to protest her conviction and 8-year prison sentence for being an alleged American spy. “She didn't wait for us to persuade her not to do so,” her father told... More »

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Iran • spy • jail • journalist • hunger strike • Roxana Saberi

 Jailed Journo 
 on Hunger Strike 
 in Iran 

Saberi hasn't eaten in five days, father says

Apr 25, 09 8:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - The father of jailed journalist Roxana Saberi says his daughter stopped eating 5 days ago, the BBC reports. "I'm very worried," Reza Saberi said. Saberi, 31, an Iranian-American reporter, was convicted of being a US spy and sentenced to 8 years in jail in Iran. Her appeal is... More »

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Iran • spy • jail • journalist • hunger strike • Roxana Saberi • Reza Saberi

 Farrow Will 
 Fast for 
 Darfur 

Actress wants world leaders to turn attention to Sudan's plight after aid groups expelled

Apr 22, 09 10:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mia Farrow will start a hunger strike on Monday to draw attention to the living conditions of Darfur's millions of refugees, the BBC reports. The actress wants to show solidarity with those whose suffering has increased since the Sudanese government banned aid groups. The actress is asking "human rights... More »

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Darfur • Sudan • Mia Farrow • Omar al Bashir • hunger strike • global aid groups • fasting

(Newser) - Bolivian President Evo Morales ended his hunger strike today after the country’s legislature agreed to pass a law further enfranchising his native constituency, Bloomberg reports. The bill passed after Morales reduced his demand for new indigenous voting districts from 14 to seven. “The Bolivian people will never forget... More »

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Bolivia • legislature • Evo Morales • redistricting • hunger strike • indigenous peoples • natives

Bolivian Prez on Hunger Strike Over Voting Law

Indigenous groups would gain—as would Morales, foes say

Apr 10, 09 11:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bolivia’s president has vowed not to eat until the country’s senate passes a law some say would boost his reelection chances, the BBC reports. “Faced with the negligence of a group of neoliberal lawmakers, we have to take this step,” Evo Morales declared. The opposition is... More »

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Bolivia • Evo Morales • hunger strike • indigenous peoples

(Newser) - About one in five Gitmo detainees is on a hunger strike to catch the attention of Barack Obama, the Times of London reports. Of the 248 prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, 44 are refusing to eat, prompting the US to force-feed 33 of them through tubes. A military official also tells... More »

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Guantanamo Bay • Guantanamo prisoners • hunger strike • Gitmo

 Newsman Freed
 From Gitmo
 After 6 Years 

Al-Jazeera cameraman held for 6 years

May 2, 08 6:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - A cameraman was released yesterday from the US prison camp at Guantanamo Bay after being held without charges for 6 years. Al-Jazeera's Sami al-Hajj, who has been on a hunger strike, was immediately taken to a hospital in Khartoum. "I've been dreaming of this moment," said the Sudanese... More »

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Guantanamo Bay • Guantanamo prisoners • al-Qaeda • hunger strike • al-Jazeera • Sami al-Hajj • Reporters Without Borders • Islamist website

 Sarko: Betancourt Near Death 

French president renews call for FARC ro release hostage

Apr 1, 08 3:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nicolas Sarkozy today reiterated his call for FARC to free hostage Ingrid Betancourt, saying the Colombian-French politician is "in danger of imminent death," Reuters reports. After 6 years in the rebel guerrillas' custody, Betancourt reportedly began a hunger strike Feb. 23. "Free Ingrid Betancourt and the weakest... More »

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Nicolas Sarkozy • France • Colombia • FARC • Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia • Ingrid Betancourt • hunger strike • Colombian rebels • guerrilla groups • hostage

New Claims of Taped CIA Torture

Lawyers to present evidence to Senate panel

Feb 7, 08 4:38 AM CST
(Newser) - Evidence that another CIA detainee was videotaped allegedly being tortured by interrogators is expected to be presented to the Senate Intelligence Committee tomorrow, reports Time magazine. A former suburban Baltimore high school student underwent unspecified "systematic torture" that may have involved waterboarding in a secret CIA prison in 2003,... More »

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torture • Majid Khan • secret prisons • Khalid Sheikh Mohammed • black sites • videotape • waterboarding • Abu Zubaydah • harsh interrogation • hunger strike

Georgians Want New Vote, Plan Hunger Strike

Opposition alleges fraud after Saakashvili reelection

Jan 10, 08 10:47 AM CST
(Newser) - Opposition leaders in Georgia have vowed to go on a hunger strike after the country's election committee declared Mikheil Saakashvili the winner of last week's presidential election. The Independent reports that Saakashvili won 52% of the ballots, and although international observers have said the voting was largely fair, the opposition... More »

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Russia • Georgia • Mikheil Saakashvili • election fraud • Levan Gachechiladze • hunger strike • election

Gitmo Prisoners Go
On Hunger Strike

13 protest supermax conditions

Apr 9, 07 11:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Thirteen detainees at the Guantanamo Bay detention center are on hunger strike, protesting conditions at a maximum-security block known as Camp Six, where 160 inmates are locked in their 8-by-10-foot cells for at least 22 hours a day. It's the first major strike since early 2006, when Gitmo commanders started... More »

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human rights • prison • Guantanamo Bay • detainee • US Army • hunger strike

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