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• Turkish Authorities Arrest 110 Coal Miners Following Nine Day Hunger Strike March to Ankara

  Published: Apr 21, 2026

  Section: Middle East

  Police in the Turkish capital detained 110 miners on April 21 after they completed a 200km trek to demand unpaid wages. The workers, representing the lignite sector, were staging a...

• Mother of 11J Prisoner Liosnel López Arocha Denounces Hunger Strike and Isolation

  Published: Apr 18, 2026

  Section: Politics

  Liosnel López Arocha, a young Cuban political prisoner sentenced to 12 years following the July 11, 2021 (11J) protests, has launched a hunger strike while being held in solitary c...

• Goldman Prize Winner Arrested at Dow Chemical Facility During Twenty Fifth Day of Hunger Strike Protest

  Published: Mar 27, 2026

  Section: Environment

  Environmental activist Diane Wilson was taken into custody in Seadrift, Texas, while attempting to deliver a protest letter regarding plastic pollution and nuclear expansion. The a...

• Families Launch Hunger Strike in Caracas as Venezuela Amnesty Negotiations Stall Following Prisoner Release

  Published: Feb 14, 2026

  Section: Politics

  A group of approximately 10 women began a hunger strike outside a Caracas prison on Saturday to demand the release of all remaining political prisoners. The protest follows the lib...