Hunger Strike

created by Segnbora-t

(idea) by Segnbora-t (14.9 hr) (print) ? I like it! Fri Jan 21 2000 at 19:09:57

the process of fasting in protest of something or other, assuming that the perpetrators of the protested event care if you starve to death or not.
A very moving song by Temple of the Dog.

(idea) by futurebird (2.2 y) (print) ? I like it! Thu Jan 09 2003 at 21:25:05

Some Hunger Strikes:

1981 - Irish republican volunteers fasted to retain their status as political prisoners. Margaret Thatcher, demanded they be classified as criminals. Ten men died.

1999-2000 - 61 prisoners starved themselves to death in protest against high-security jails in Turkey.

2001 - In Ingushetia 22 Chechen refugees who lived in tent camps conducted a hunger strike. Makhmud Abdulshaidov, leader of the strike went hungry for more than 25 days.

2001 - Bob Schulz, chairman of "We the People Foundation for Constitutional Education" and Roland Croteau vowed to abstain from food until the IRS produced a list of government officials that would meet with them to talk about the fairness of taxation.

2002 - Woomera, Australia a camps where illegal immigrants (including children) are locked up while their asylum claims are processed. 160 of the detainees - including children and a pregnant woman refused all food and water.

2002 - Hildure Runa Hauksdottir, Bjork's mom protested against plans to build an aluminium smelt and hydroelectric plant above Vatnajokull, Europe's largest glacier.

Temple of the Dog	starve for money	fast	Australian politics
pro-anorexia	Florentin Smarandache	Can anorexia be a lifestyle?	Chloe Dancer / Crown Of Thorns
Errico Malatesta	Charabanc Theatre Company	If You Love This Planet	Ian Brady
CFNY's Top 1002 New Rock Songs of all-time	Myra Hindley	Frank Stagg	Cat and Mouse Act
Reverend Horton Heat	Andrei Sakharov	fasting	Bob Barker
Ron Walotsky	To the barricades!	The Gates of Janus	Anna Karenina

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