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Concerns for the 48 men, who have been detained in Bangkok since 2014, are growing after a Uyghur activist shared a voice note from one of the detainees, who said the men had been on hunger strike since January 10 in a desperate protest against deportation.
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Simone McCarthy, CNN, 22 Jan. 2025
Some people go on hunger strike and are not healthy enough to send back, McMillar said.
—Ryan Oehrli, Charlotte Observer, 16 Jan. 2025
The documentary centers participants in the 2011 and 2013 hunger strikes across California state prisons in protest of inhumane solitary confinement conditions.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 16 Oct. 2024
Read Next Crime ‘Rebellion’ at Idaho prisons: Here’s why men in maximum security joined a hunger strike
August 15, 2024 4:00 AM
Johnson’s prison sentence ends in February, online prison records showed.
—Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 17 Jan. 2025
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Simone McCarthy, CNN, 22 Jan. 2025
Some people go on hunger strike and are not healthy enough to send back, McMillar said.
—Ryan Oehrli, Charlotte Observer, 16 Jan. 2025
The documentary centers participants in the 2011 and 2013 hunger strikes across California state prisons in protest of inhumane solitary confinement conditions.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 16 Oct. 2024
Read Next Crime ‘Rebellion’ at Idaho prisons: Here’s why men in maximum security joined a hunger strike
August 15, 2024 4:00 AM
Johnson’s prison sentence ends in February, online prison records showed.
—Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Hunger strike.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hunger%20strike. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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