hunger strike

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Last year, Kaiser mental health workers held a hunger strike in Los Angeles to demand that the healthcare provider improve its mental health services and patient care.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2026

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

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2026

It wasn’t until he went on a hunger strike that his right to legal representation was granted.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2026

He went on hunger strike this March while behind bars and was later released after being pardoned by Egyptian president Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi.

From Barron's • Dec. 29, 2025

And past the people watching the Class III Airport Workers’ Union token one-day hunger strike.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy