The Prisoners for Palestine movement describes itself as “a prisoner-led collective in Britain representing all those detained under charges related to Palestinian liberation”. Several of the imprisoned activists are currently on a hunger strike, with some describing the protest as “the latest hunger strike since 1981”. Despite this, the media is largely silent on the topic, which is why the following protest will take place today:
Tonight, Tuesday, 2nd December
5:30PM
6 of the 32 political prisoners for Palestine in the UK are on HUNGER STRIKE – now in its fourth week. This is the largest hunger strike since 1981, yet the mainstream media says nothing. pic.twitter.com/ZZfdqWdNtH
— Rangzen (@revoltinghippie) December 2, 2025
BBC ignore hunger strikes
The six hunger strikers are:
- Amu Gib.
- Qesser Zuhrah.
- Heba Muraisi.
- Jon Cink.
- Teuta ‘T’ Hoxa.
- Kamran Ahmed.
Prisoners for Palestine are tracking the progress of each hunger striker here.
On 19 November, Prisoners for Palestine wrote:
Eighteen days since the start of the Prisoners For Palestine rolling, indefinite hunger-strike, and more than a month since the Home Secretary was notified of the prisoners’ intentions, and of their demands, there has still been no response from the British government.
This week saw the start of the first of the 3 Filton 24 trials at Woolwich Crown Court, with Zoe Rogers, Fatema Zainab (Ray) Rajwani, Jordan Devlin, Samuel Corner, and Charlotte ‘Lottie’ Head, accused of breaking into an Elbit Systems facility in Filton, Bristol, and causing damage to a weapons shipment due to be sent to the Israeli military, for use in Gaza. Elbit produces 85% of the deadly Quadcopter drones used to target civilians, particularly children, in the Gaza Genocide. The Filton 24 maintain that they have upheld international law, while it is Elbit, and the British government who are the criminals.
The Right to a Fair Trial is a key demand of the hunger-strikers. Not only were they violently arrested, and held as ‘terrorists’, despite not being charged with any terrorist offence, but all 6 activists now on trial have been held for more than a year already, with long waits still ahead for most of the other prisoners. There has, provably, been interference in the judicial process by the Israeli government, Elbit Systems, their biggest weapons maker, and the collusion of the British government, police, and Crown Prosecution Service, as well as the withholding of evidence. It is for this reason that the hunger-strikers are also demanding immediate bail.
As of today’s date, two of the Palestine Action hunger strikers have been hospitalised (Teuta ‘T’ Hoxa and Kamran Ahmed).
The BBC protest will take place today at 5:30pm:
Featured image via Prisoners for Palestine / Alexander Svensson (Wikimedia)
By Willem Moore
This post was originally published on Canary.