hunger strike
Example Sentences
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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
He deployed nonviolent tactics—including boycotts, marches and hunger strikes—to win rights for farmworkers.
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
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
She had joined a hunger strike starting on February 14 demanding the quick passage of the amnesty bill, which faced repeated delays since Rodriguez proposed it late last month.
From Barron's
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