Friends of a Palestine Action–affiliated prisoner on hunger strike in the UK say she was left lying on her cell floor with worsening chest pains while repeated requests for an ambulance were refused.
Qesser Zuhrah, held at HMP Bronzefield, has not eaten for more than 41 days after joining a rolling hunger strike by imprisoned Palestine Action–affiliated activists protesting their treatment and the group’s proscription, an action described as the largest UK hunger strike since 1981.
The prisoners, all accused of involvement with the group before it was proscribed in July, will have spent over a year in jail before trial, with Zuhrah facing 17 months on remand by her court date.
The long periods on remand being experienced by the protesters are a method of imposing custodial periods without due process.
Both the Ministry of Justice and Sodexo Justice Services, which runs HMP Bronzefield, said they could not comment on individual cases.
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