hunger strike

A grieving Serbian mother reached her 16th day of a hunger strike Monday, becoming a new focal point of the country's rumbling protest movement even as fears grow for her health.

By the next month, immigrants inside the 2,500 capacity facility launched a hunger strike protesting conditions.

A British couple detained in Iran for nearly a year on suspicion of espionage have gone on hunger strike having "lost all hope", a relative said on Thursday.

A British couple jailed in Iran after being accused of espionage have gone on hunger strike in a "cry out for help", their son has told the BBC.

Prominent Tunisian opposition figures including Rached Ghannouchi said Friday they would go on hunger strike in solidarity with a jailed politician whose health they say has severely deteriorated after nine days without food.