Pro-Palestine protesters support hunger strikers

PALESTINIAN solidarity groups came out to express their support for pro-Palestine political prisoners on hunger strike in British jails and held a solidarity protest at the offices of the British Council in Johannesburg yesterday.

- THEOLIN TEMBO

PALESTINIAN solidarity groups held a protest in Johannesburg yesterday. | Supplied

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The solidarity protest comes after eight prisoners have been on hunger strike while awaiting trial for alleged offences relating to Palestine Action before the group was banned under terrorism legislation.

Qesser Zuhrah, 20, and Amu Gib, 30, who are being held at HMP Bronzefield in Surrey, were the first two prisoners to go on hunger strike on November 2. They were joined the following day by Heba Muraisi, 31, who is at HMP New Hall. The group also includes Teuta Hoxha, 29, Kamran Ahmed, 28, and Lewie Chiaramello, 22, who refuses food every other day because he has diabetes. Some of the hunger strikers have now passed the 50-day mark without food.