Tag: Hunger Strike
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Prominent Islamic Jihad leader dies in prison after hunger strike
Palestinian and Israeli authorities on Tuesday reported the death of a prominent leader of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement (PIJ), Khader Adnan, who embarked on a hunger strike for 86 days. The Palestinian Prisoners’ Club Association, a non-governmental
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Musician dies in hospital two days after end of one-year hunger strike
A member of a Turkish left-wing music band died on Thursday in an Istanbul hospital, just two days after he ended a nearly one-year hunger strike protesting government persecution, his lawyer told dpa. Bassist Ibrahim Gokcek died on Thursday at a hospital in Istanbul’s Beylikduzu district, lawyer Gorgun Danaci said. He said lawyers found out…