President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority said Israel was withholding authorized weapons, and he expressed worries about a widespread prison hunger strike.

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Mahmoud Abbas Says Israel Is Hindering West Bank Security

Ukraine’s jailed opposition leader and former PM Yulia Tymoshenko is to call off her 19-day hunger strike, her daughter says.

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Tymoshenko to end hunger strike

A Palestinian who has been on hunger strike for 71 days in protest at his detention by the Israeli authorities is transferred to a civilian hospital.

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Hunger striker in Israel hospital

The Israel Prison Service says more than 1,300 Palestinian prisoners remain on hunger strike, more than a week after they began their protest.

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Palestinian inmate strike ongoing

Bahraini court postpones final verdict in the case of a hunger striker and 20 other democracy activists convicted of plotting to overthrow the kingdom’s rulers.

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Bahrain activist appeal postponed

ASTRAKHAN, Russia — For almost four weeks, few people in this onetime caviar capital in southern Russia knew that an opposition mayoral candidate here had been on a hunger strike to protest an election he says was stolen from him. Read full article > >

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Russia’s opposition movement tested in southern city

Bahrain’s attorney general denies rumours that Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, who is on hunger strike in prison, is dead, saying he is in “good health”.

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Bahrain hunger striker ‘well’

The top legal body in Bahrain rejects a Danish request to transfer political prisoner Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, said to be close to death on hunger strike.

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Bahrain rejects prisoner transfer

Bahrain is considering a request from Denmark to transfer political prisoner Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, on hunger strike for almost two months.

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Danish bid to help Bahrain inmate

A leading human rights activist in Bahrain is transferred to hospital from prison after nearly two months on hunger strike.

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Bahrain hunger-striker in clinic

A Palestinian woman held in detention in Israel, Hana Shalabi, is ending her 43-day hunger strike after a deal under which she will be exiled to Gaza.

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Palestinian detainee ends strike

This article, written by Manar Ammar, appeared on Bikya Masr on March 21,2012 Fears were growing Wednesday as the condition of a Palestinian hunger striker entered what a human rights group said was a critical phase.

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Palestinian Hunger Striker Hanaa Shalaby Facing Death

Cuban dissident Wilmar Villar dies after 50-day hunger strike protesting against his sentence for taking part in a demonstration.

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Cuban hunger striker dies in jail

Files just released by the National Archives show Margaret Thatcher took part in negotiations with the IRA during the 1981 Hunger Strikes, BBC investigative journalist Peter Taylor says.

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Thatcher ‘negotiated with IRA’

NEW DELHI — Hundreds of anti-corruption campaigners descended on New Delhi and several other Indian cities on Sunday for the third time this year to protest a new draft legislation that they say is powerless to fight corruption. Anna Hazare, the veteran activist who held two public fasts earlier this year, began a symbolic one-day hunger strike early Sunday. He called the new proposal “a betrayal,” and said he would begin a bigger, marathon hunger strike on Dec. 27. Read full article > >

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Anna Hazare resumes hunger strike against graft in India