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hunger strike

NOUN
fasting for a cause
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Both men have been on hunger strike for the past six days, according to Adalah.

From BBC • May 5, 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

The doctor, Arreaza, said he had been denied permission to go inside to check on the prisoners, and it was not clear whether any of them were also on hunger strike.

From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026

Last February, Besigye was also reported critically ill after he went on hunger strike demanding justice.

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2026

After the Night of Terror, several dozen other women joined with Alice Paul in her hunger strike to protest their unfair and intolerable treatment.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling




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