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December 19, 2025

Palestine Action Members Hospitalized While on Hunger Strike to Protest Indefinite Detention in U.K.
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In Britain, advocates are calling on the immediate release of six
political prisoners awaiting trial for supporting the banned protest
group Palestine Action. More than 800 doctors, nurses and other
healthcare professionals have warned the activists are at risk of dying,
as they have not received proper medical attention, some after over 40
days on hunger strike protesting their treatment in prison and calling
for their release on bail. This is the sister of Palestine Action
political prisoner, 28-year-old Kamran Ahmed.

Shahmina Alam: "He is on day 39 of his hunger strike. He has had two
hospitalizations since the start of his hunger strike, having only come
out of the hospitalization last week. Whilst they were able to stabilize
his ketones, they are steeply on the rise again. But what is mostly
concerning is that his heart is giving in, and his pulse is slowing
down, and at the moment, he is losing half a kg every day."



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