Our hunger strike will also be in conjunction and in solidarity with the global fast for Gaza that is happening now,’ says activist Huwaida Arraf - Anadolu Ajansı

CHENNAI: Village health nurses (VHNs) staged a hunger strike on Thursday pressing the state health department for various demands, including filling around 3,000 VHN vacancies across the state. P Fathimamary,

Pastor Ara Torosian’s congregants fled Iran to escape persecution due to their Christian faith. Now, they are being held in immigration detention.

The mother of a detainee being held in the immigration detention center nicknamed 'Alligator Alcatraz' says some detainees have begun participating in a hunger strike.

Three female journalists from Azerbaijan’s Abzas Media say they are being mistreated in prison after launching a hunger strike in solidarity with their jailed director, highlighting growing repression of independent media in the country.

The hunger strike began in Phoenix on Dec. 6. On the fourth day of the strike, protesters met with Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz to discuss the legislation. On December 13th, Harvard Professor ...

WASHINGTON – Joe Madison was so tired Wednesday night – one of the lingering effects of 73 days on a hunger strike – that the radio show host went to bed at 5 p.m. and slept through the long ...

DOC Commissioner Quiros told lawmakers in February that in the 35 years he has worked at DOC, the department had never reached 100% staffing. He said there’s generally a shortage of anywhere

Five young people started the hunger strike in the nation’s capital on Oct. 20. From left to right: Paul Campion, Julia Paramo, Kidus Girma, Abby Leedy and Ema Govea.

Five young climate activists are on their seventh day of a hunger strike outside the White House, to demand government action on climate to match the severity of the crisis. Kidus Girma, 26, a ...

A protest and hunger strike will take place on Tuesday at the Palestinian embassy, which on Monday called on the public to participate.In support of the people of Palestine, the protest will take place from 9am to 5pm outside the embassy in Nicosia.