A former prisoner’s story of mistreatment at the hands of Ron DeSantis made headlines. But The New York Times found no evidence to back it up.
Tag: Hunger Strikes
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South Korean Prosecutors Want to Arrest Hunger-Striking Opposition Leader
Lee Jae-myung has been the subject of a series of investigations since losing the 2022 presidential election. He says his rival now runs “a dictatorship by prosecutors.”
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Mass Hunger Strike in Bahrain Prison Sets Off Rare Protests
In a kingdom that crushed an Arab Spring uprising more than a decade ago, prisoners are now on hunger strike to demand better conditions, fueling protests in support of their cause.
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Hunger Strikes Have Long Served as a Tool of Nonviolent Protest
The actions are almost always political, and governments sometimes resort to force-feeding, a practice denounced as inhumane. But deaths like that of a Palestinian prisoner this week are uncommon.
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Palestinian Detainee Dies in Israeli Prison After Hunger Strike
Khader Adnan had led a hunger-strike movement among Palestinians to protest their detentions by Israel. Palestinian leaders and armed groups called his death an “assassination.”