London, United Kingdom – A family member and a friend claim that two Palestine Action-affiliated remand prisoners on hunger strike have been taken to the hospital, raising concerns that the young Britons who refuse to eat in protest could die at any time.
Kamran Ahmed, age 28, was taken to the hospital on Saturday, according to his sister, Shahmina Alam, according to Al Jazeera.
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Amu Gib, 30, from HMP Bronzefield in Surrey, has been taken to the hospital on Friday, according to the Prisoners for Palestine organization and friend Nida Jafri, who regularly communicates with them. They are used by Gib as.
Six detainees are protesting across five prisons over alleged involvement in break-ins at an Oxfordshire Royal Air Force base and a British subsidiary of the Israeli defense firm Elbit Systems.
They deny the charges brought against them, including violent disorder and burglary.
Ahmed’s sister, Alam, commented, “Adam is on day 42 of his hunger strike, and there is a significant risk of organ damage.” He has lost up to half a kilogram in the last few days, according to the company. 1lbs] a day. ”
Ahmad’s last weight was 132 pounds, or 60 kg.
Ahmed, who is 180 cm (5′ 11″), weighed 64 kg (141 kg) after entering prison with a healthy 74 kg (164 kg) when Al Jazeera first interviewed him on December 12. Alam announced his weight on Thursday at a press conference in London. 5kg (136lbs).
Alam claimed that Ahmad’s speech was altered during a Friday phone call with the family. He is said to have chest pains and high ketone levels.
I’m not sure how he’s going to recover from this situation, Alam said.
Ahmed has been in the hospital three times since starting the hunger strike.
‘Critical stage.
The hunger strikers demand immediate bail, the right to a fair trial, and the de-proscription of Palestine Action, which denies complicity in Israel’s war crimes in Gaza. Palestine Action was declared a terrorist organization by the UK government in July, a designation that applies to organizations like ISIL (ISIS).
The protesters have accused the authorities of withholding mail, calls, and books in response to their alleged censorship in prison. Additionally, they demand the closure of all Elbit websites.
The six’s trial dates are expected to be over a year apart from the UK’s six-month pre-trial detention cap, which is excessive.
According to her attorneys, Qesser Zuhrah, a 20-year-old who has refused to eat for 50 days, is also recovering in a hospital after losing 13% of her body weight. Heba Muraisi, Teuta Hoxha, and Lewie Chiaramello, who is diabetic and refuses food on occasion, are the other protesters.
Pentonville and HMP Bronzefield both made no immediate comments.
‘I’m scared’
On Thursday, Gif called their friend Jafri from prison to say they needed a wheelchair to make an appointment at a doctor to check their vital signs.
The first time, according to Jafri, was when the prison staff “refused” to provide a wheelchair, and later “refused to push” it after offering one. On day 47 of their hunger strike, they lay there without having their vitals checked, Jafri said.
The prisoners are unable to call their loved ones from jail as they can when they are in a hospital.
Jafri told Al Jazeera, “I’m afraid they’re there by themselves, without phones or calls.” ”
Their lawyers claim that Gib’s weight loss, which has dropped more than 10 kg (22 lbs.), is below the recommended range for most health indicators, which is “highly concerning” for their immune system.
The attorneys claimed that prison officials have consistently failed to provide thiamine to [Gib], and that Amu is experiencing cognitive decline as a result.
Additionally, Jafri said, “Gib’s eyes are sore with the bright [prison] lights.
In the hope that Secretary of State for Justice David Lammy’s intervention will save lives, the attorneys have requested a meeting with him. Lammy has been urged to take their call by thousands of regular Britons, hundreds of doctors, and dozens of MPs. However, he has so far refrained, making critics accuse the UK government of purposefully disregarding the situation.
The protest’s and its dangers have also been downplayed by the UK media.
Since 1981, Irish Republican prisoners led by Bobby Sands led the largest coordinated hunger strike in UK prisons.
The Palestine Action hunger strikes have been largely met with media silence, according to Bart Cammaerts, a professor of politics and communication at the London School of Economics, in contrast to the robust media coverage of the Irish hunger strikes in the 1980s.
