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This is an incomplete list of recent hunger strikes and people who have conducted a hunger strike.

Hunger strikes[edit]

Groups who have conducted hunger strikes[edit]

Individuals who have conducted a hunger strike[edit]

  • Alaa Abdelfattah, Egyptian
  • Maher al-Akhras, Palestinian
  • Meryem Altun, Turkish prisoner
  • Ninoy Aquino
  • Stanislav Aseyev, Ukrainian writer and journalist. Kidnapped by militants from so-called Donetsk People’s Republic.
  • Igor Bancer, Polish Belarusian musician, activist, journalist, worker, and events organiser.
  • Marwan Barghouti
  • Chen Shui Bian, President of the Republic of China
  • Franklin Brito, Venezuela, land dispute, 2010. Died.
  • Emil Calmanovici, Communist Romania, political prisoner, 1956. Died.
  • Cesar Chavez, leader of the United Farm Workers union, Arizona, 1968, 1970, 1972.
  • William (Bill) Coleman, 2007 to 2014 in CT, USA [11]
  • Alfredo Cospito – Italian anarchist prisoner who started an hunger strike on 20 October 2022 against the 41-bis prison regime.
  • Jatindra Nath Das Indian independence activist and revolutionary
  • Andrey Derevyankin
  • Katherine Dunham
  • Ronald Easterbrook England, prisoner, 1997, 1999.
  • Becky Edelsohn
  • Mahatma Gandhi – Indian independence activist, part of campaign of nonviolent resistance to British rule in India
  • Akbar Ganji
  • Kasra Nouri
  • Andrias Ghukasyan
  • Max Goldstein
  • Lena Hades
  • Anna Hazare
  • J. B. S. Haldane
  • Barry Horne
  • Samer Tariq Issawi
  • Poopathy Kanapathipillai
  • Jack Kevorkian
  • Mustafa Kocak, starved himself to death in protest of his sentencing without a fair trial
  • Jawar Mohammed, Ethiopian politician and activist, 2021
  • Jüri Kukk
  • Jean Lassalle
  • Antonio Ledezma, Venezuelan politician, 2009
  • Gloria Lee
  • Ly Tong
  • Haia Lifşiţ
  • Ihar Losik, Belarusian blogger
  • Joe Madison,known as “The Black Eagle,” radio personality and human and civil rights activist, 2021
  • Anatoly Marchenko
  • Holger Meins
  • Akbar Mohammadi
  • Abel Muzorewa, Zimbabwean politician and cleric, 1983
  • Tony Nicklinson
  • Jock Palfreeman
  • Vasudev Balwant Phadke
  • Darshan Singh Pheruman
  • Kemal Pir
  • Muhammad al-Qiq
  • Mahmudur Rahman, Bangladeshi news editor
  • Militão Ribeiro
  • Randall Robinson
  • George Rolph
  • Hoda Saber
  • Arash Sadeghi
  • Andrei Sakharov[12]
  • Kostas Sakkas
  • Nigamananda Saraswati – Protest against illegal mining in the Ganges River
  • Jaume Sastre i Font, Catalan teacher in Mallorca
  • Nadiya Savchenko, Ukrainian Ground Forces helicopter pilot, kidnapped and detained in Russian prison, 2015 and 2016.
  • Oleg Sentsov, Ukrainian filmmaker and writer
  • Irom Sharmila
  • Bhagat Singh Indian socialist revolutionary
  • Surat Singh Khalsa, Sikh Activist
  • Mitch Snyder, Homeless Advocate
  • Mohamed Soltan, Egyptian opposition activist, 2014
  • Theresa Spence
  • Potti Sreeramulu Indian revolutionary, specifically for the Andhra region independence movement.
  • Thileepan (Rasaiah Parthipan)
  • Judith Todd Political activist regarding Zimbabwe.
  • Sergey Udaltsov, Russian opposition activist, 2011 and 2014
  • Lluís Maria Xirinacs, Catalan politician, writer, and religious leader
  • Lin Yi-hsiung – Protest against the construction of the Lungmen Nuclear Power Plant in New Taipei City
  • Shahrokh Zamani, Iranian Labour Activist, Died 2015 in Islamic Republic of Iran’s prison
  • Govinda K.C. Nepali orthopaedic surgeon and philanthropic activist.
  • Ebru Timtik, Kurdish-Turkish human rights lawyer, Died 2020
  • Bekele Gerba, Oromo politician promoting non-violence, 2021[13]
  • Alexei Navalny, Russian opposition leader and anti-corruption activist, 2021.[14]
  • Parit Chiwarak and Panusaya Sithijirawattanakul, jailed pro-democratic activists, 2021 – demanding justice and scrapping of Lese majeste in Thailand[15]
  • Jeanine Áñez, jailed former president of Bolivia, 2022.[16]
  • Vojislav Šešelj, Serbian politician

References[edit]

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  2. ^ McKernan, Bethan (2020-05-08). “Lonely death of Grup Yorum bassist highlights Turkey hunger strikes”. The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-11-06.
  3. ^ a b Scull, Maggie. “Timeline of 1981 hunger strike”. The Irish Times. Retrieved 2020-11-06.
  4. ^ “Martin Hurson — Died on 13 July 1981 after 46 days on hunger strike in the H-Blocks of Long Kesh | An Phoblacht”. www.anphoblacht.com. Retrieved 2020-11-06.
  5. ^ “Crucifix given by Pope John Paul IIto Patsy O’Hara in Derry museum”. www.derryjournal.com. 7 September 2019. Retrieved 2020-11-06.
  6. ^ “On This Day: Bobby Sands, Long Kesh hunger striker, passes away”. IrishCentral.com. 2020-09-11. Retrieved 2020-11-06.
  7. ^ “On This Day: Mahatma Gandhi’s hunger strike against caste separation laws; General Motors founded and more”. cnbctv18.com. 2022-09-16. Retrieved 2023-03-11.
  8. ^ “Four Catalan leaders facing trial in Spain go on hunger strike”. the Guardian. 2018-12-04. Retrieved 2020-11-06.
  9. ^ “Grève de la faim: les sans-papiers veulent rester à l’église du Béguinage jusqu’au traitement des dossiers”. lalibre.be. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
  10. ^ “Le cri des sans-papiers du béguinage: “On restera jusqu’à la mort s’il le faut” – Édition digitale de Bruxelles”. lacapitale.sudinfo.be. 13 July 2021. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
  11. ^ Neumann, Ann (January 15, 2013). “The Longest Hunger Strike”. Guernica.
  12. ^ “Statement on Mr and Mrs. Andrei Sakharov’s Hunger Strike”. Ronald Reagan. Retrieved 2020-11-06.
  13. ^ Mekonnen, Siyanne (17 February 2021). “News Update: Fed Court once again upholds decision for prisoners in hunger strike to get medical care at private hospital”. Addis Standard. Archived from the original on 18 February 2021. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  14. ^ “Putin critic Navalny on hunger strike over Russian prison treatment”. BBC News. 2021-03-31. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
  15. ^ “เพนกวิน พริษฐ์ อดอาหารประท้วงครบ 30 วัน ครอบครัวเผยน้ำหนักลดลงเกือบ 20 กิโลฯ ขณะที่รุ้ง ปนัสยาเอง ก็อดอาหารครบ 16 วันแล้ว”. The Matter (in Thai). 2021-04-14. Retrieved 2021-04-22.
  16. ^ Condori, Edwin (2022-02-09). “A un día del comienzo de su juicio, Jeanine Áñez se declara en huelga de hambre”. La Razón (in Spanish). La Paz. Archived from the original on 9 February 2022. Retrieved 2022-02-10.