Three pro-Palestinian activists detained in Britain ended their hunger strike on Wednesday, with some of them facing imminent death from the effects of their protest, campaign group Prisoners for Palestine said in a statement. All of the hunger strikers have been charged with offences allegedly carried out on behalf of Palestine Action, before the group was banned and designated a terrorist organisation. Palestine Action was banned in July, putting it on a par with Islamic State or al Qaeda and making it a crime to be a member. On Wednesday, Kamran Ahmed, Heba Muraisi and Lewie Chiaramello announced the end of their hunger strikes after Elbit Systems UK failed to win a British government contract. “Our prisoners hunger strike will be remembered as a landmark moment of pure defiance; an embarrassment for the British state,” the group said.

Source: Irish Independent January 15, 2026 05:25 UTC