India’s human rights activist Irom Sharmila ended her 16 year hunger strike this week. Force-fed through a tube by court order, by some accounts Sharmila weighed about 77 pounds. As Bismillah Geelani reports, the...
More than 100 refugees in three separate U.S. immigration detention facilities began a hunger strike Wednesday night, calling for their release on parole or supervision. Nell Abram has more. Download Audio All of the...
Noted Indian human rights activist, Irom Sharmila, today completed 15 years of what is perhaps the longest hunger strike in history. Sharmila is demanding the repeal of a draconian law that gives Indian security...
Indigenous police commander Nestora Salgado transferred from Mexican max-security prison after 24-day hunger strike Paris police announce they will clear camp where 100s of migrants languish Senate to return early from Memorial Day recess...
A group of women who had been camping out during daylight hours in front of Los Angeles City Hall ended a 15-day fast today with a bread breaking ceremony. Their aim was to get...
Gaza ceasfire holds; crossings not yet fully open and schools to run on shifts Obama announces new program for veterans as I.G. probe finds ongoing problems Barring court action, nearly all Texas abortion clinics...
The alleged kidnapping of three teen-aged Israeli settlers sparked a increase in Israeli military actions in the Palestinian territories. Israeli authorities also clamped down Palestinian detainees in Israeli jails, where for nearly two months...
Advocates for immigration reform continue to call for presidential action to halt deportations. Undocumented mothers from around the country came to Washington DC ahead of Mothers’ Day to ask for the expansion of deferred...
Supporters of a hunger strike launched last month by immigration detainees at a facility owned by the GEO Group in Tacoma, Washington say at least five bus loads of detainees were deported from the...
A hunger strike that began 12 days ago in a privately-operated immigration detention facility in Tacoma, Washington has spread to another center in Conroe, Texas. Shannon Young reports. Download Just after midnight Monday morning,...
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