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Death would be worthwhile, says ‘Elbit raid’ hunger-striker
Western Daily Press
|December 22, 2025
AN imprisoned Palestine Action activist who has refused to eat for 42 days has said dying for his cause would be “worthwhile”.
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Supporters of Palestine Action hunger strikers outside Pentonville Prison last week
(Guy Smallman)
In a telephone interview from his cell in north London prison HMP Pentonville, Kamran Ahmed, 28, told The Sunday Times “every day I’m scared” of dying, but it would be worth it.
Ahmed is one of six Palestine Action activists on hunger strike, facing charges which they deny related to alleged break-ins or criminal damage on behalf of the group before it was banned under terrorism legislation.
Earlier in December, activists Jon Cink and Umar Khalid ended their 38-day and 12-day hunger strikes for health reasons, Prisoners For Palestine said; both were admitted to hospital and have since been discharged back to prison.
Ahmed, from London, is accused of breaking into Elbit Systems UK near Patchway, Bristol, with sledgehammers in August 2024, causing £1million of damage.
This story is from the December 22, 2025 edition of Western Daily Press.
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