Palestinian inmates on hunger strike
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Palestinians held in Israeli jails go on hunger strike to protest at conditions but Israel says they can "starve to death".
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More than 6,000 inmates at 24 prisons around Romania took part in hunger strikes and other protests Sunday to demand amnesty and better living conditions.Comment
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Former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein and 11 top leaders of his regime have gone on hunger strike in their US detention centre, one of their lawyers said yesterday.
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SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, June 25 -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert promised Monday to seek the release of 250 Palestinians held in Israeli prisons in response to calls from Arab leaders that he take steps to shore up the emergency government of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.
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Some dissidents arrested in a fierce crackdown on protests in military-ruled Myanmar have gone on hunger strike over police refusal to treat a protester with a broken leg, an activist said on Friday.
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The United Nations urged Israel on Friday to find a solution to a 13-day-old hunger strike by Palestinian prisoners, reminding Israel of its obligations under international law and human rights conventions.
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More Guantanamo Bay detainees protesting their indefinite confinement joined a hunger strike, raising the number of those refusing food to 89 from 75, the U.S. military said Thursday. Six of the hunger strikers at the isolated U.S. naval base in southeast Cuba were being force-fed, said Navy Cmdr. Robert Durand.
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Around 800 Palestinian prisoners who suspended a hunger strike after winning some concessions from their Israeli jail resumed fasting Monday saying nothing had changed, their spokesman said.
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Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners are said to have resumed their hunger strike after a weekend break.
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JERUSALEM -- An estimated 1,500 Palestinians held in Israeli prisons launched a hunger strike yesterday, demanding more visits with family members, an end to strip searches, and better overall conditions.
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The leader of a small Australian  political party will begin a hunger strike on Saturday in  support of about 20 Iranian asylum seekers held at a rural  immigration detention center who have refused food for almost  two weeks.
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Militants gave Israel 24 hours starting Monday to begin releasing hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, implying they would kill an abducted Israeli soldier if their demands were not met.
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PALESTINIANS being held in Israeli prisons appealed today for international intervention to prevent their hunger strike developing into a &quot;humanitarian disaster&quot; as Israeli rights groups also condemned their treatment.
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Israel begins releasing Palestinian inmates to relieve overcrowding in its detention centres.
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Thousands of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails began a hunger strike for better conditions Sunday, but Israel's security minister said he didn't care if they starved to death.
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Hunger-striking Arab &quot;Palestinian&quot; prisoners who fall ill will not be treated in Israel&#39;s hospitals. &quot;I am not prepared for the lives of patients and medical teams in our hospitals to be endangered by admitting
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BEERSHEBA, Israel  - Israel began the release of  159 Palestinian prisoners on Monday, many of them serving the  final months of their sentences, in a gesture to the new  Palestinian leadership after Yasser Arafat's death.