Hunger striker

UN rapporteur joins weekly hunger strike over Iran's execution surge and protest crackdown

“The death penalty is being used against people for exercising the rights of freedom of assembly, association, and expression, as well as their political rights,” she said.

Cars burn in a street during a protest over the collapse of the currency's value, in Tehran, Iran, January 8, 2026.
Palestine Action protesters involved in a hunger strike.

'Hungry? Eat a sandwich': Palestine Action protesters hospitalized as hunger strike exceeds 40 days

Doctors Michele Ghielmini, Brenno Balestra, Alessandra Guaita and Marco Franzi sit outside the Swiss Parliament building (Bundeshaus) at the start of their hunger strike over Gaza, calling on their government to apply targeted sanctions on Israel over its alleged violations of international law.

Swiss medics start hunger strike over Gaza outside parliament

 Cynthia Nixon and her son Seph.

Actress Cynthia Nixon claims her ‘observant’ Jewish son hunger striking for Gaza


Joint List MKs, activists clash over PIJ hunger-striking prisoner

Video from the scene showed a right-wing activist shouting at the MKs followed by one of them reaching for the activist's phone.

Israeli Arab lawmakers from the Joint Arab List (from L to R) Osama Saadi, Ahmed Tibi, Ayman Odeh, Masud Ganaim and Haneen Zoabi stand in front of the Dome of the Rock during a visit to the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City July 28, 2015.

Some 32 prisoners hunger strike in solidarity with former detainee

Hunger striking is considered a violation of prison rules, so the strikers were moved to isolation and put in cells with no furniture as a punishment.

Palestinian prisoners wait to be released from Ketziot prison, southern Israel, October 1, 2007

Tel Aviv club owner to hold hunger strike in front of Netanyahu's house

Mizrachi is organizing the hunger strike as criticism of the country's conduct in regards to easing restrictions and allowing for businesses to reopen.

Israelis protest against government corruption and for democracy, outside the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem on May 3, 2020

Filmmaker Who Directed Video Mocking Egypt’s President Dies in Jail

Regime accused of arresting anyone critical of head of state; NGOs claim there are 65,000 political prisoners

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi attends the funeral of former president Hosni Mubarak

Reporters Without Borders share concern over imprisoned Iranian journalists

The organization is "particularly concerned" about their health, noting that the strike had been organized by the journalists to protest inhumane and degrading prison treatment.

Iranian women prisoners sit at their cell in Tehran's Evin prison June 13, 2006.

IDF arrests 19 Palestinians amid violent clashes in West Bank

During the clashes, two IDF jeeps crashed into each other while speeding through the area, according to local reports.

A Palestinian demonstrator uses a sling to hurl stones at Israeli forces during an-anti Israel protest at the Israel-Gaza border fence in the southern Gaza Strip August 23, 2019

140 Palestinians in Israeli prisons enter 9th day of hunger strike

The inmates claim that agreements reached after a similar strike last April have still not been implemented.

A Palestinian prisoner, convicted of security offences against Israel, looks out of his cell at Nitzan jail

Erdan mocks Palestinian prisoners: 'Here's how we broke the hunger strike'

"We just needed one thing," he said, and opened a chocolate bar.

Israeli Internal Security Minister Gilad Erdan

Tough laws can’t snuff Israel’s smoking habit

Smoking has made a comeback in the Jewish state, where overall tobacco usage rates outpace those in comparably-developed countries.

Silhouetted Israeli soldiers from the Home Front Command Unit take a smoking break during an urban warfare drill inside a mock village at Tze'elim army base in Israel's Negev Desert June 11, 2017

Palestinians say 500 prisoners in Israeli jails to start hunger strike

A senior Palestinian official said prisoners are working to pressure Israel to end its policy of administrative detention.

A Palestinian prisoner, convicted of security offences against Israel, looks out of his cell at Nitzan jail