Overview
- Palestine Action activist Heba Muraisi says she no longer feels hunger and is in severe pain after 72 days without food, according to messages relayed from HMP New Hall.
- Kamran Ahmed has passed two months on hunger strike with multiple hospital admissions for cardiac concerns, while Lewie Chiaramello continues an alternating fast due to type 1 diabetes.
- The prisoners deny charges linked to alleged break-ins at Elbit Systems’ Bristol site and RAF Brize Norton, with prosecutors citing more than £1m in damage and an alleged serious injury reported in court.
- The group’s demands include immediate bail, the right to a fair trial, de‑proscription of Palestine Action, closure of Elbit sites in the UK, and an end to what they describe as prison censorship.
- Ministers and prison authorities state NHS care is being provided and hospital treatment is not being withheld, as international supporters—including prominent writers—urge urgent action; several of the original eight have ended their strikes due to health risks.