hunger strike

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A group of immigrants at a detention facility in Southern California launched a hunger strike this week to protest inhumane conditions, according to a coalition of immigrant rights groups.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

At UCLA, professors in the Chicana/o and Central American Studies program — its founding dates to a 1993 hunger strike modeled after ones Chávez did — voted to remove his name from the department.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026

Family members have been clamoring for their release for weeks, including a group of women in Caracas who staged a nearly weeklong hunger strike.

From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026

Activists say some family members of those imprisoned in the facility have gone on hunger strike to demand the release of their relatives.

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026

Paul had spent five weeks in jail; she had been on a hunger strike for twenty-two days.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling