#hungerstrike
There is no rule of law in Hungary! Maja, a non-binary person who was abducted from Germany to Hungary, has been on hunger strike for over a month.
Instead of releasing Maja from custody, it is now being considered to insert a pacemaker into Maja in order to be able to continue the show trial! Act at last, Commission President von der Leyen!
Bring Maja back!
https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/20060/
#hungary #torture #deportation #nonbinary #orban #germany #prison #hungerstrike #europe #thursday #hungarytortures #hungarynews #magyarorszag # #magyarorszagkínozza #Kínzás #vonderleyen #vonderLeyenUrsula
#PortlandME #protesters arrested after blocking traffic to call for end of #Israel-#Gaza war
Maine Public | By Patty Wight
Published May 21, 2025
"Portland police arrested more than a dozen [18, I heard] #activists Wednesday afternoon as they staged a so-called '#DieIn' to protest the ongoing war in Gaza and the lack of #HumanitarianAid for #Palestinians.
"The demonstrators were part of a larger group that blocked a four-way intersection on Commercial Street for roughly an hour. #KristenSalvatore was among those arrested after refusing to leave the street despite several warnings from police.
" 'Well nothing else seems to be working. We have to draw attention to this issue. People are going about their lives as if nothing is happening, as if their taxes aren't paying to blow up children and destroy Gaza,' Salvatore said.
"Abby Fuller of the #MaineCoalitionForPalestine said the effort is intended '#DisruptBusinessAs Usual.'
" 'To make sure that powerful people who can make a difference and change policies know that we are not willing to let business go on as usual. And we plan on staying in the street as long as we can and up until arrest,' she said.
"On Thursday, more than a dozen #Mainers will go on a 40-day #HungerStrike. They hope it will keep attention on Gaza and lead to congressional action.
"This week, leaders from the U.K., France and Canada issued a joint statement calling on the Israeli government to end its military operations in Gaza."
https://www.mainepublic.org/maine/2025-05-21/portland-protesters-block-traffic-plan-hunger-strike-to-call-for-end-of-israel-gaza-war
#MainePol #USPol #WorldPol #MaineResists #GazaGenocide #Genocide #IsraeliWarCrimes #BibiIsAWarCriminal #RightToProtest #ACAB #CriminalizingProtest #TrafficInterference #Maine
Today in Labor History May 5, 1981: Bobby Sands (1954-1981) died, ending his 66-day hunger strike. Sands was an Irish political prisoner and member of Parliament who had been locked up in the notoriously brutal Maze Prison near Belfast. The strike was an attempt to get the British government to grant political prisoner status to Nationalist inmates, rather than treating them as common criminals.
Από Solidarity With Migrants:
Δήλωση Απεργίας Πείνας Γρήγορου Θανάτου του πρόσφυγα Mesut Aydin από το στρατόπεδο προσφύγων στη Φιλιππιάδα.
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Επίσημη Διακήρυξη Απεργίας Γρήγορου Θανάτου – Στρατόπεδο Προσφύγων Φιλιππιάδας (9 Απριλίου 2025)
Δηλώνω επισήμως ότι από τις 9 Απριλίου 2025, ξεκίνησα απεργία γρήγορου θανάτου με τη μορφή απεργίας πείνας θανάτου στην τοποθεσία που αναφέρεται ως στρατόπεδο προσφύγων στη Φιλλιπιάδα Άρτας.
Δεν θα δεχτώ καμία ιατρική ή διατροφική παρέμβαση που αποσκοπεί στη διατήρηση της ζωής.
Αιτία για την απεργία γρήγορου θανάτου: Έχοντας επιβιώσει από δεκαετίες βασανιστηρίων υπό το τουρκικό κράτος, αναζήτησα προστασία βάσει των δικαιωμάτων ασύλου που διασφαλίζονται από τα Ηνωμένα Έθνη και ζήτησα άσυλο στην Ελλάδα.
Δεδομένου ότι έχω στενά μέλη της οικογένειας και γνωστούς που διαμένουν στη Βόρεια Ευρώπη, ζήτησα άδεια να μεταβώ σε μία από αυτές τις χώρες.
Ωστόσο, τους τελευταίους 22 μήνες:
Έχω υποβληθεί σε διάφορες πρακτικές απανθρωποποίησης και απομόνωσης.
Η αίσθηση του προσανατολισμού μου έχει επηρεαστεί βαθιά.
Δεν έχω πλέον ξεκάθαρη κατανόηση του πού βρίσκομαι.
Εκτός από τη χρήση ενός τηλεφώνου Android (του οποίου την αυθεντικότητα δεν μπορώ καν να επιβεβαιώσω), έχω στερηθεί κάθε μέσο για να επικοινωνήσω με τους συγγενείς και τους φίλους μου.
Για 22 μήνες, έχω ζήσει σε μια κατάσταση αβεβαιότητας και ψυχικής εξάρθρωσης, ρωτώντας επανειλημμένα τον εαυτό μου,
"Πού είμαι;"
Η αίτησή μου για άσυλο εκκρεμεί εδώ και 22 μήνες χωρίς λύση και δεν έχει δοθεί χρονοδιάγραμμα ή αιτιολόγηση.
Ως εκ τούτου, ζητώ με σεβασμό τα εξής:
Α. Μια σαφή και διαφανή εξήγηση, σε γλώσσα που μπορώ να καταλάβω, σχετικά με τους λόγους για τον παρατεταμένο και άνισο χειρισμό της διαδικασίας ασύλου μου.
Β. Να εξεταστεί η αίτησή μου για άσυλο από αμερόληπτη επιτροπή, υπό την επίβλεψη της Ύπατης Αρμοστείας των Ηνωμένων Εθνών για τους Πρόσφυγες (UNHCR).
Γ. Να μου χορηγηθεί άδεια ταξιδιού που μου επιτρέπει να μεταφερθώ σε χώρα της Βόρειας Ευρώπης όπου έχω δημιουργήσει οικογενειακές και κοινωνικές σχέσεις.
Σημείωση: Εάν υπάρχουν αμφιβολίες σχετικά με τη νομιμότητα αυτής της απεργίας πείνας - η οποία περιλαμβάνει μόνο την κατανάλωση νερού και καφέ - είμαι ανοιχτός να υποβληθώ σε ιατρική εξέταση.
Με ειλικρίνεια, Μεσούτ Αϊντίν Τηλ: +30 699 318 6905
Whom It May Concern
Subject: Formal Declaration of Fast Death Strike – Phillipiada Refugee Camp (April 9, 2025)
I hereby formally declare that as of April 9, 2025, I have commenced a fast death strike in the form of a death fast at the location referred to as the refugee camp in Phillipiada, Arta. I will not accept any medical or nutritional interventions intended to sustain life.
Reason for the Fast Death Strike:
Having survived decades of torture under the Turkish state, I sought protection under the asylum rights granted by the United Nations and applied for asylum in Greece.
Since I have close family members and acquaintances residing in Northern Europe, I requested permission to transit to one of those countries.
However, for the past 22 months:
I have been subjected to various dehumanizing and isolating practices.
My sense of orientation has been deeply affected; I no longer have a clear understanding of where I am. Other than the use of an Android phone (whose authenticity I cannot even confirm), I have been deprived of all means to contact my relatives and friends.
For 22 months, I have lived in a state of uncertainty and mental dislocation, repeatedly asking myself, “Where am I?”
My asylum application has been pending for 22 months without resolution, and no timeline or justification has been provided.
Therefore, I respectfully request the following:
A. A clear and transparent explanation, in a language I can understand, regarding the reasons for the prolonged and unequal handling of my asylum procedure.
B. That my asylum application be reviewed by an impartial commission, under the supervision of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
C. That I be granted a travel permit allowing me to transfer to a Northern European country where I have established family and social connections.
Note: If there are any doubts concerning the legitimacy of this hunger strike—which involves only the consumption of water and coffee—I am open to undergoing a medical examination.
Sincerely,
Mesut Aydin
#Antireport # #SolidarityWithMigrants #HungerStrike #MesutAydin
Today in Labor History March 31, 1927: Birth of Cesar Chavez. In 1965, Chavez led farm workers in California on their first grape boycott. The nationwide protest lasted five years and ended with the first union contract for U.S. farm workers outside of Hawaii. In 1966, Chavez’s organization officially became the United Farm Workers. Chavez was inspired by the nonviolent civil disobedience of Gandhi. In addition to strikes, boycotts and pickets, he was famous for going on hunger strikes. Later he became infatuated with the religious cult, Synanon. He used Synanon’s “game” to punish union members and enforce conformity. Chavez also supported the brutal Filipino dictator Ferdinand Marcos. This alienated Filipino members of the union, as well as many of the religious organizations that had supported the UFW.
Heute vor 100 Jahren begann in #Hamburg ein #Hungerstreik von 75 kommunistischen Insassen der #Haftanstalt #Fuhlsbüttel - einer der Aufhänger für den Beitrag unseres Redaktionsmitglieds zum Thementeil #PolitischeGefangene:
Max Buschmann, „Freiheit oder Hungertod“. Hungerstreiks als Protestform politischer Gefangener in der frühen #WeimarerRepublik, #WerkstattGeschichte 80/2019, https://werkstattgeschichte.de/abstracts/nr-80-maximilian-buschmann/
We're sharing this week's ep early in support of Jay Ward's prison #hungerstrike against conditions at Mansfield CI in Ohio
https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2025/03/12/jay-ward-on-hunger-strike-antifascists-organizing-in-europe/
Today in Labor History March 1, 1981: Provisional Irish Republican Army member Bobby Sands began his hunger strike at HM Prison Maze. He was in prison for his role in the Balmoral Furniture Company bombing in 1976. During the hunger strike, he was elected to parliament. 10 prisoners died from starvation during the strike, including Sands. 100,000 people attended his funeral.
His death provoked strong anti-British, pro-Irish republican reactions around the world. The Iranian government renamed Winston Churchill Boulevard, the location of the British Embassy in Tehran, to Bobby Sands Street. This forced the embassy to move its entrance door to Ferdowsi Street to avoid using Bobby Sands Street on its letterhead. 2/2
#China: Chinese #humanrights #lawyer’s situation worsens: #XuZhiyong must be released. In a joint statement nine lawyers' human rights organizations from Asia, Europe and North America have expressed grave concern about the situation of human rights lawyer & legal scholar, Dr Xu Zhiyong, who is currently on #hungerstrike in Lunan prison, Shandong province in China...to call attention to the #inhumane treatment he is being subjected to in #prison." Full letter: https://lawyersforlawyers.org/en/chinese-human-rights-lawyers-situation-worsens-xu-zhiyong-must-be-released/
Imprisoned #legaladvocate #XuZhiyong has been on #HungerStrike since 4 Oct to protest ill-treatment. Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) is seeking #UrgentAction by governments & #UN bodies to publicly urge #China to release #XuZhiyong, #lawyer #DingJiaxi & all wrongfully detained #HumanRightsDefenders & to ensure medical care & visits with family members. More at:
https://www.nchrd.org/2024/10/urgent-action-provide-life-saving-care-to-prisoner-of-conscience-xu-zhiyong-during-hunger-strike/
Day 3 of a #HungerStrike by anonymous #autistic #cuckooing victim who has endured 4 years of the #corrupt Cheshire Police refusing to prosecute the perpetrators and return her house, identity, and life. Any #probono #lawyer willing and able to help end this #modernslavery?
Here is her story:
"I have stopped eating as a result of the police and the government, refusing to address the crimes I am a victim of. Which has made surviving in the UK impossible for me..."
Prisoners in Florida at the largest federal prison complex in the United States say they launched a hunger strike Sunday to demand external intervention to address health and safety violations, abuse of power by guards, and denied visits #hungerstrike https://www.democracynow.org/2024/7/31/headlines/federal_prisoners_in_florida_launch_hunger_strike_to_protest_deplorable_conditions#:~:text=Prisoners%20in%20Florida%20at%20the,by%20guards%2C%20and%20denied%20visits
Hi, Germans probably know about the hunger strike by four climate activists. All mathematicians or engineers. One of them is in hospital now.
This is an English outlet dealing with the strike. The pictures are by me.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/02062024/germany-climate-crisis-hunger-strike/
3/? - #Pulgasari thread
#MonsterdonForOne
15 min - #HungerStrike in a #NorthKorean prison. This movie teaches the people of #NorthKorea about #NonviolentResistance and solidarity!
18 min - ... and conjuring #kaiju to save the people from the 1%. I hope that someday I, too, can use my dying breath to help destroy the #kleptocracy
22 min - and with a little bit of accidently blood magic, a rubber suit, and giant props we have an adorable little #monster awwww
Following Sands’ success the British Government introduced the Representation of the People Act 1981, which prevented prisoners serving jail terms of more than one year in either the UK or the Republic of Ireland from being nominated as candidates in UK elections. This law was quickly introduced so in order to prevent the other hunger strikers from being elected to the British parliament. 2/2
On 9th April 1981 Robert Gerard "Bobby" Sands (Roibeárd Gearóid Ó Seachnasaigh) was elected to Westminster in the Fermanagh/South Tyrone by-election, while on hunger strike in Long Kesh Prison, as MP for the constituency. 1/2
Today in Labor History March 1, 1981: Provisional Irish Republican Army member Bobby Sands began his hunger strike at HM Prison Maze. He was in prison for his role in the Balmoral Furniture Company bombing in 1976. During the hunger strike, he was elected to parliament. 10 prisoners died from starvation during the strike, including Sands. 100,000 people attended his funeral.