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Report: Palestine Action Prisoner on Brink of Thirst Strike

Harriet Williamson

Umer Khalid is prepared to go on thirst strike until the government agrees to release surveillance footage from RAF spy flights over Gaza on the day Israel bombed an aid convoy, killing British aid workers. Harriet Williamson reports.

Kamran Ahmed (R) has been on hunger strike for 60 days. He is pictured with his sister Shahmina Alam. Image: Family handout

Report: Palestine Action Hunger-Striker Hospitalised With Heart Muscle Shrinkage

Harriet Williamson

Kamran Ahmed, who hasn’t eaten for 60 days, is experiencing shrinkage to the muscle of his heart and is at risk of sudden cardiac arrest. Harriet Williamson reports.

Heba Muraisi (L) and Shahmina Alam with her brother Kamran Ahmed. Images: Family handouts

Feature: Two Palestine Action Hunger Strikers at Risk of Imminent Death

Harriet Williamson

Exclusive: The loved ones of two hunger striking prisoners who are experiencing terrifying symptoms including severe chest pain and difficulty speaking tell Harriet Williamson that they live in constant fear of receiving the worst news.

A protester holds a picture of Teuta ‘T’ Hoxha during a demonstration outside the Department of Health in solidarity with pro-Palestine activists who are on hunger strike in prison, 17 December 2025, London, England. Vuk Valcic/ZUMA Press Wire

Opinion: Keir Starmer’s Government Is Leaving the Hunger Strikers to Die

Harriet Williamson

Labour’s year of domestic U-turns and authoritarian crackdowns on protest is topped off by silence and inaction over six Palestine Action hunger strikers - whose lives seem to matter less than an Israeli weapons company’s right to operate on British soil, argues Harriet Williamson.

Teuta ‘T’ Hoxha was hospitalised on Friday 28 November 2025. Credit: Prisoners For Palestine

Report: Second Palestine Action Prisoner Hospitalised

Harriet Williamson

Exclusive: Teuta ‘T’ Hoxha has been taken to hospital after 20 days on hunger strike, following the hospitalisation of Kamran Ahmed earlier this week. Harriet Williamson reports.

A dog in a muzzle stands in front of Israeli soldiers

Report: Israeli Prison Guards Are Using Dogs to Rape Palestinians, Former Detainees Say

Joshua Carroll

As evidence mounts of Israel’s widespread sexual violence, human rights groups have published testimony detailing a particularly disturbing form of torture. Joshua Carroll reports.

Palestine Action targeting Allianz offices because they insure and invest in Israeli arms company Elbit Systems, 10 March 2025, London, England. Martin Pope/ZUMA Press Wire

Report: Palestine Action Prisoners’ Hunger Strike to Become Biggest Since Irish Republicans

Harriet Williamson

Six Palestine Action prisoners are on hunger strike calling for all Israeli arms factories to be shut down and the end to what they call ‘systematic abuse’ in prison. Harriet Williamson reports.

A still from the leaked video of IDF reservists allegedly gang-raping a Palestinian prisoner.

Report: Western Media Won’t Call IDF Gang Rape What It Is

Harriet Williamson

Israel’s top military lawyer has been arrested for leaking footage of IDF soldiers allegedly gang-raping a Palestinian prisoner, but headlines in the mainstream press are vague. Harriet Williamson reports.

Palestinian prisoner stares out of a bus window as he and other prisoners leave Ketziot military prison in southern Israel, in June 2005. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

Opinion: Israel Sent Me to the Same Prison Where It Tortured My Palestinian Brother

Kieran Andrieu

After Israel kidnapped him in international waters with the Global Sumud Flotilla, Kieran Andrieu realised he was being held in the same Negev desert facility where his younger brother, Ahmed, had been repeatedly locked up.

Teuta 'T' Hoxha pictured with her godchild.

Report: Hunger-Striking Palestine Action Prisoner Claims to Have Been ‘Punished Retrospectively’ Following Proscription

Harriet Williamson

29-year-old Teuta Hoxha, who has been imprisoned without trial since November 2024, told Novara Media she’s been denied mail and stripped of her prison job since the government’s proscription of Palestine Action, prompting her to start a hunger strike. Harriet Williamson reports.

Committed: Was Prison Worth It?

The series concludes with a burning question for Just Stop Oil cofounder Roger Hallam.

Feature: What’s It Like to Love a Political Prisoner?

Clare Hymer

Just Stop Oil’s jailed activists were willing to pay the price for their actions. But what does their imprisonment mean for their partners? Clare Hymer reports.

Palestine Actionists blockade the entrance roadway at the research centre of Israel weapons producer Elbit Systems at Filton, Bristol. They hold a banner demanding the release of arrested activists. Image: Martin Pope / SOPA Images via Reuters Connect

Report: The Pro-Palestine Activists Imprisoned for Months Without Being Found Guilty of Any Crime

Sebastian Shehadi

Palestine Action activists will serve the equivalent of a two and a half year sentence before they even go to trial. Sebastian Shehadi reports.

Protesters show support for political prisoners, including Just Stop Oil’s Chris Bennett (bottom right), September 2024. Vuk Valcic/Reuters

Report: Climate Prisoners Are Exposing the Dire State of Prison Healthcare

Clare Hymer

Just Stop Oil supporters spoke to Novara Media about their medical neglect in prison, which in one case had potentially life-threatening consequences.

Report: Climate Activists Get Longest Sentences for Peaceful Protest in British History

Clare Hymer

Just Stop Oil activists have received four and five-year prison sentences after being found guilty of conspiring to block traffic on the M25. Clare Hymer reports.

A group of people march down a street holding placards. One in the foreground depicts a black man smiling, it reads 'justice for Chris Kaba'

Opinion: Why Should Chris Kaba’s Death Matter Less Than the Queen’s?

Kehinde Andrews

Three days before Elizabeth Windsor died, Chris Kaba did. The establishment’s apathy is testament to the very racism the monarch embodies, writes Kehinde Andrews.

Opinion: Carceral Feminism Isn’t the Answer to Sexual Violence

Caren Holmes

We can't call ourselves abolitionists if we make an exception for rapists, argues Caren Holmes.

Former Brazilian president and 2022 presidential candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, or Lula, looking into the distance with a blurred background

Analysis: Lula’s Back, and Bolsonaro is Feeling the Heat

Benjamin Fogel

Climate and coronavirus breakdown are eroding support for the Brazilian strongman. Could the newly free ex-president hammer the nail in the coffin? Historian of Latin America Benjamin Fogel thinks so.

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Report: Palestine Action Prisoner on Brink of Thirst Strike

Harriet Williamson

Report: Palestine Action Hunger-Striker Hospitalised With Heart Muscle Shrinkage

Harriet Williamson

Feature: Two Palestine Action Hunger Strikers at Risk of Imminent Death

Harriet Williamson

Opinion: Keir Starmer’s Government Is Leaving the Hunger Strikers to Die

Harriet Williamson

Report: Second Palestine Action Prisoner Hospitalised

Harriet Williamson

Report: Israeli Prison Guards Are Using Dogs to Rape Palestinians, Former Detainees Say

Joshua Carroll

Report: Palestine Action Prisoners’ Hunger Strike to Become Biggest Since Irish Republicans

Harriet Williamson

Report: Western Media Won’t Call IDF Gang Rape What It Is

Harriet Williamson

Opinion: Israel Sent Me to the Same Prison Where It Tortured My Palestinian Brother

Kieran Andrieu

Report: Hunger-Striking Palestine Action Prisoner Claims to Have Been ‘Punished Retrospectively’ Following Proscription

Harriet Williamson

Report: Climate Prisoners Are Exposing the Dire State of Prison Healthcare

Clare Hymer

Report: Climate Activists Get Longest Sentences for Peaceful Protest in British History

Clare Hymer

Opinion: Why Should Chris Kaba’s Death Matter Less Than the Queen’s?

Kehinde Andrews

Opinion: Carceral Feminism Isn’t the Answer to Sexual Violence

Caren Holmes

Analysis: Lula’s Back, and Bolsonaro is Feeling the Heat

Benjamin Fogel

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Report: Palestine Action Prisoner on Brink of Thirst Strike

Harriet Williamson

Report: Palestine Action Hunger-Striker Hospitalised With Heart Muscle Shrinkage

Harriet Williamson

Feature: Two Palestine Action Hunger Strikers at Risk of Imminent Death

Harriet Williamson

Opinion: Keir Starmer’s Government Is Leaving the Hunger Strikers to Die

Harriet Williamson

Report: Second Palestine Action Prisoner Hospitalised

Harriet Williamson

Report: Israeli Prison Guards Are Using Dogs to Rape Palestinians, Former Detainees Say

Joshua Carroll

Report: Palestine Action Prisoners’ Hunger Strike to Become Biggest Since Irish Republicans

Harriet Williamson

Report: Western Media Won’t Call IDF Gang Rape What It Is

Harriet Williamson

Opinion: Israel Sent Me to the Same Prison Where It Tortured My Palestinian Brother

Kieran Andrieu

Report: Hunger-Striking Palestine Action Prisoner Claims to Have Been ‘Punished Retrospectively’ Following Proscription

Harriet Williamson

Committed: Was Prison Worth It?

Feature: What’s It Like to Love a Political Prisoner?

Clare Hymer

Report: The Pro-Palestine Activists Imprisoned for Months Without Being Found Guilty of Any Crime

Sebastian Shehadi

Report: Climate Prisoners Are Exposing the Dire State of Prison Healthcare

Clare Hymer

Report: Climate Activists Get Longest Sentences for Peaceful Protest in British History

Clare Hymer

Opinion: Why Should Chris Kaba’s Death Matter Less Than the Queen’s?

Kehinde Andrews

Opinion: Carceral Feminism Isn’t the Answer to Sexual Violence

Caren Holmes

Analysis: Lula’s Back, and Bolsonaro is Feeling the Heat

Benjamin Fogel

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