Who are the Palestine Action hunger strikers?

Four members of the Palestine Action group, which has been proscribed arsenic a violent organisation successful the United Kingdom, are continuing with their hunger strikes successful antithetic prisons astir the country.

Four different Palestine Action members person ended their hunger strikes – immoderate aft being hospitalised.

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Here is what we cognize astir the 4 remaining hunger strikers.

Why are the Palestine Action protesters connected hunger strike?

Imprisoned Palestine Action members person been connected hunger strikes successful prisons astir the UK for much than 50 days.

The Palestine Action members are being held connected remand successful prisons implicit their alleged engagement successful break-ins at the UK subsidiary of Elbit Systems successful Filton adjacent Bristol, wherever instrumentality was reportedly damaged, and astatine a Royal Air Force basal successful Oxfordshire, wherever 2 subject craft were sprayed with reddish paint.

The prisoners contradict the charges against them, which see burglary and convulsive disorder.

Of the 4 inactive connected hunger strikes, 3 were imprisoned successful November 2024 for their alleged engagement successful break-ins astatine the UK subsidiary of Israeli weapons radical Elbit Systems successful Filton adjacent Bristol, wherever instrumentality was reportedly damaged. One has been successful situation since July 2025 for alleged engagement successful harm astatine a Royal Air Force basal successful Oxfordshire, wherever 2 subject craft were sprayed with reddish paint.

Palestine Action, a protestation radical launched successful July 2020, describes itself arsenic a question “committed to ending planetary information successful Israel’s genocidal and apartheid regime”.

The UK parliament voted successful favour of proscribing the radical connected July 2, 2025, classifying it arsenic a “terrorist” organisation and bringing it into the aforesaid class arsenic equipped groups similar al-Qaeda and ISIL (ISIS). Critics decried the move, arguing that portion members of the radical person caused harm to property, they person not committed acts of unit that magnitude to terrorism.

More than 1,600 arrests linked to enactment for Palestine Action were made successful the 3 months pursuing the ban’s introduction. The prohibition has been challenged successful court.

The hunger strikers person 5 key demands: contiguous bail, the close to a just proceedings – which they accidental includes the merchandise of documents related to “the ongoing witch-hunt of activists and campaigners” – ending censorship of their communications, “de-proscribing” Palestine Action and shutting down Elbit Systems, which operates respective UK factories.

“The UK authorities has forced their bodies to a breaking point,” pro-Palestine activistic Audrey Corno told Al Jazeera Mubasher.

“A committedness to the authorities is that the prisoners’ absorption and the people’s absorption against the genocide [in Gaza], Israel’s concern and apartheid of genocide volition not halt until it ends.”

Who are the remaining hunger strikers?

Heba Muraisi, Kamran Ahmed, Teuta Hoxha and Lewie Chiaramello are the 4 people, aged betwixt 20 and 31, who are continuing their hunger strikes.

Heba Muraisi

Muraisi, 31, was connected time 60 of her hunger onslaught connected Thursday. She is being held successful HMP [His Majesty’s Prison] New Hall successful Wakefield, a situation successful West Yorkshire astir 180 miles (290km) northbound of London.

Muraisi was arrested successful November 2024 for her alleged relation successful an August 2024 raid connected the Israel-based Elbit Systems successful Bristol, which is believed to person outgo the Israeli weapons shaper much than $1.34m.

According to societal media posts, Muraisi is of Yemeni origin. However, Al Jazeera could not independently verify this.

She was transferred to the West Yorkshire situation successful October 2025 from HMP Bronzefield successful Surrey, astir 18 miles from the UK capital.

“Heba is demanding to beryllium transferred backmost to HMP Bronzefield. She was transferred precise suddenly, precise acold distant from her full enactment web and family, which is based successful London. She’s been experiencing accordant aesculapian negligence. Her assemblage is, arsenic you’d imagine, progressively weak,” Corno said.

In a connection shared with Al Jazeera connected December 29, Muraisi said: “I’ve been force-fed repression and I’m stuffed with rage and that’s wherefore I’m doing what I’m doing now. I americium bringing acute consciousness to the unjust exertion of UK laws by our Government and I’m gladsome that radical tin present spot this aft a twelvemonth of imprisonment and quality rights violations. Keep going, support fighting.”

Muraisi’s proceedings is acceptable for June 2026, according to the protestation radical Prisoners For Palestine.

Heba Muraisi [Courtesy of Prisoners for Palestine]

Kamran Ahmed

Ahmed, 28, was besides arrested successful November 2024 and is being held successful HMP Pentonville successful northbound London. He was besides arrested for his alleged engagement successful the raid connected Elbit Systems successful Bristol. Ahmed has been connected a hunger onslaught for much than 50 days.

According to a study by Middle East Eye, Ahmed is simply a mechanic.

Ahmed was hospitalised for a 3rd clip connected December 20 aft helium refused food, his sister, Shahmina Alam, told Al Jazeera.

“We cognize that he’s rapidly been losing value successful the past fewer days, losing up to fractional a kilogramme [1.1lbs] a day,” Alam told Al Jazeera successful precocious December.

Ahmed, who is 180cm (5′11′), entered situation astatine a steadfast 74kg (163lbs), but his past recorded value was 60kg (132lbs).

“Kamran has been hospitalised for the 4th clip recently,” Corno said.

Kamran Ahmed [Courtesy of Prisoners for Palestine]

Teuta Hoxha

Hoxha, 29, was connected time 54 of her hunger onslaught connected Thursday. She is being held astatine HMP Peterborough. She was besides arrested successful November 2024 connected allegations of engagement successful the Elbit Systems raid.

According to Prisoners for Palestine, Hoxha was moved from HMP Bronzefield connected the time UK parliamentarians voted to proscribe Palestine Action – July 2, 2025.

Corno told Al Jazeera that she is successful regular interaction with Hoxha and that she has been having bosom palpitations. “She’s not been capable to slumber done the nighttime for weeks connected end. I tin spot her representation commencement to deteriorate.”

In a connection published connected the Prisoners for Palestine website, Hoxha said: “This is simply a witch hunt, not a just fight, and that down the arrests of dissenting voices nether counterterrorism powers, holding america connected remand without proceedings for astir 2 years and targeting protesters who condemn Palestinian suffering, is the palpably hopeless effort to unit america each nether the imperial footwear of submission.”

Teuta Hoxha [Courtesy of Prisoners for Palestine]

Lewie Chiaramello

Chiaramello, 22, has benignant 1 diabetes and hence, helium has been fasting each different day. He is connected time 28 of his hunger strike.

He has been held successful HMP Bristol since July 2025 successful transportation with an incidental astatine RAF Brize Norton, according to Prisoners for Palestine, and faces charges of conspiring to participate a restricted country for purposes harmful to the UK’s information and interests, arsenic good arsenic conspiracy to perpetrate transgression damage. His proceedings is acceptable for January 18, 2027.

On June 20, a radical of Palestine Action activists broke into RAF Brize Norton, the largest Royal Air Force basal successful Oxfordshire, and sprayed 2 subject planes with reddish paint, causing an estimated $9.4m worthy of damage.

“He’s been having to negociate his insulin intake connected his ain with nary aesculapian supervision,” Corno said.

Lewie Chiaramello [Courtesy of Prisoners for Palestine]

Who other has been connected a hunger strike?

Four different imprisoned Palestine Action activists person ended their hunger strikes, mostly aft being hospitalised.

This includes Qesser Zuhrah, 20 and Amu Gib, 30, who are being held astatine Bronzefield situation successful Surrey. The brace began their hunger strikes connected November 2 to coincide with the Balfour declaration of 1917, erstwhile Britain pledged to found a nationalist location for the Jewish radical successful Palestine.

Umar Khalid, 22, who has muscular dystrophy, ended his hunger onslaught aft 13 days. Jon Cink ended his hunger onslaught aft 41 days erstwhile helium was hospitalised. Qesser Zuhrah ended her hunger onslaught aft 48 days and was hospitalised. Amy Gib was besides hospitalised.