hunger strike
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As 1931 dragged on and they remained imprisoned without trial, the couple resorted to a hunger strike in protest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
The family of the couple said the final five days of the latest protest aimed to "transform the last stage of the couple's hunger strike from protest into something constructive and collective".
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
By the end of the protest, Craig Foreman had been on hunger strike for 93 days, and Lindsay Foreman for 84 days, the family added.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
More than a 100 detainees were on a hunger strike over conditions at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center in San Bernardino County.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
Word about the hunger strike spread to the other women behind bars, and soon thirty other inmates from the District Jail and the Occoquan Workhouse joined the effort.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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