Ex-hunger-strikers urge UK to act on behalf of pro-Palestine activists
The prisoners are being held over alleged break-ins and damage at the UK site of Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit Systems in Filton, near Bristol, and at RAF Brize Norton airbase in Oxfordshire. Three activists remain on hunger strike, while others have paused it. The detainees deny the allegations and are demanding immediate bail, the right to a fair trial, and the removal of the terrorism designation imposed on the Palestine Action group. This designation followed the outlawing of the group in July after activists spray-painted two planes at Brize Norton in protest against Israel’s war in Gaza.
The letter criticized the authorities for holding the activists “without trial and without conviction,” accusing officials of using terrorism-related language to undermine public support and restrict their basic rights. The signatories noted that detention could last up to two years, exceeding standard custody limits.
They also drew parallels with historic hunger strikes, including those by suffragettes, Irish republican prisoners in 1981—when several died in Long Kesh prison—and Guantanamo detainees in the 2000s, highlighting that these movements were later recognized as justified.
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