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By the next month, immigrants inside the 2,500-capacity facility had launched a hunger strike protesting conditions.
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Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
In 2014, the Navy threatened to court-martial one of its nurses at Guantánamo who refused to force-feed prisoners on hunger strike, who were protesting inhumane treatment and indefinite detention.
—Amy Maxmen, Miami Herald, 11 Feb. 2026
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi is on hunger strike whilst being held in detention by Iranian authorities, according to a statement from her foundation.
—Jomana Karadsheh, CNN Money, 4 Feb. 2026
In 1920, Terence MacSwiney, the lord mayor of Cork, was convicted of sedition and then died in Brixton Prison after seventy-four days on hunger strike.
—Literary Hub, 2 Feb. 2026
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Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
In 2014, the Navy threatened to court-martial one of its nurses at Guantánamo who refused to force-feed prisoners on hunger strike, who were protesting inhumane treatment and indefinite detention.
—Amy Maxmen, Miami Herald, 11 Feb. 2026
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi is on hunger strike whilst being held in detention by Iranian authorities, according to a statement from her foundation.
—Jomana Karadsheh, CNN Money, 4 Feb. 2026
In 1920, Terence MacSwiney, the lord mayor of Cork, was convicted of sedition and then died in Brixton Prison after seventy-four days on hunger strike.
—Literary Hub, 2 Feb. 2026
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“Hunger strike.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hunger%20strike. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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