hunger strike

Example Sentences

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Both men have been on hunger strike for the past six days, according to Adalah.

From BBC • May 5, 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

But she added that Panahi, "who wrote this script in prison in Iran, who went on hunger strike," has highlighted "space... for reconciliation with his executioner."

From Barron's • Feb. 15, 2026

They walked past the Class III Airport Workers’ Union token one-day hunger strike.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy