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.