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19 Brown University Students Go On Hunger Strike

DRASTIC MEASURES

Striking students will refuse food, skip class, and remain in the Stephen Roberts ‘62 Campus Center until Brown’s Corporation hears their resolution.

Edith Olmsted | Published Feb 02, 2024

Federal Employees Set to Launch Hunger Strike for Gaza

GROWING DISSENT

The fast is the latest demonstration by federal workers to protest Biden’s stance on Israel’s bombardment of the Gaza Strip.

Amanda Yen | Published Jan 29, 2024

Stella Jean Quits Milan Fashion Week Over Lack of Diversity

TAKING A STAND

She’s on a hunger strike until she can ensure there will be no blowback to young designers of color.

Alec Karam | Published Feb 08, 2023

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Gavin Newsom Ignores Pleas of Hunger-Striking Disney Workers

LABOR CRISIS

The California governor vetoed a bill that would have provided some of the 28,000 recently laid off Disney workers (and others) with additional COVID-19 work protections.

Tarpley Hitt | Published Oct 01, 2020

Student Goes on 22-Day Hunger Strike Over Misconduct Case

‘STOP THIS INJUSTICE’

Maha Hasan Alshawi, who says she now weighs just 77 pounds, announced this week that she’s even stopped drinking water.

Pilar Melendez | Published Aug 06, 2020

Hunger-Striking Migrant Released From ICE Detention Center

FREE

Ajay Kumar refused to eat for 76 days before being released.

Julia Arciga | Published Sep 26, 2019

ICE Wants to Force-Feed Russian Detainee on Hunger Strike

PROTESTING THE PROTEST

The Russian migrant detained at the Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego has been on hunger strike for more than two weeks.

Tracy Connor, Pilar Melendez | Published Aug 22, 2019

ICE Has Held ‘Thousands of Migrants’ in Solitary Confinement

CRUEL AND UNUSUAL

The punishment has been used to segregate hunger strikers, LGBTQ detainees, and people with disabilities, according to The Intercept.

Jamie Ross | Published May 21, 2019

ICE Is Force-Feeding Immigrant Detainees on Hunger Strike

BRUTAL

Nasal tubes inserted 30 days into protest, in procedure condemned by American Medical Association.

Jamie Ross | Published Jan 31, 2019

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