hunger strike

Example Sentences

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In November 2025, the couple embarked on a hunger strike to draw attention to their plight.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

At UCLA, professors in the Chicana/o and Central American Studies program — its founding dates to a 1993 hunger strike modeled after ones Chávez did — voted to remove his name from the department.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026

Family members have been clamoring for their release for weeks, including a group of women in Caracas who staged a nearly weeklong hunger strike.

From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026

According to a pressure group, 10 people went on hunger strike on Saturday to demand that their relatives, who are being held at Zona 7, be freed.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026

Paul had spent five weeks in jail; she had been on a hunger strike for twenty-two days.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling