May 25, 2013
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Description
A hunger strike is a method of non-violent resistance or pressure in which participants fast as an act of political protest, or to provoke feelings of guilt in others, usually with the objective to achieve a specific goal, such as a policy change. Most hunger strikers will take liquids but not solid food.
In cases where an entity has or is able to obtain custody of the hunger striker, the hunger strike is often terminated by the custodial entity through the use of force-feeding.
(via Freebase)
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![Israel's Prison Ethics Committee considers force-feeding Palestinian Hana Shalabi [Palestine TV, Ramallah]](/images/image_cache/base-1855000/1855520/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=90ea9a144cffd23706013f783cf922cb)
![International Women's Day dedicated to Palestinian female prisoners [Dubai TV, UAE]](/images/image_cache/base-1581000/1581368/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=4422f4d23577b7e78e59a8788e608402)
![Palestinian hunger strikers reignite prisoners' rights movement [Palestine TV, Ramallah]](/images/image_cache/base-1537000/1537690/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=0e88e6a64e72d74144ded5e96c834e3c)
![Palestinian woman Hana Shalabi continues administrative detention protest [Al Jazeera, Qatar]](/images/image_cache/base-1455000/1455253/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=afea147f2164f1c45071a1c04ab12627 "Badeeah Shalabi holds a placard depicting her daughter, Palestinian detainee Hana Shalabi, in the West Bank village of Birqin, near Jenin February 27, 2012: REUTERS/Abed Omar Qusini")
![Support grows for Palestinian Hana Shalabi's prison hunger strike [Palestine TV, Ramallah]](/images/image_cache/base-1282000/1282854/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=c36113bad516e9d9f15ec4d1193e4177)
![Demonstrators call for release of hunger striker Hana Shalabi [Press TV, Iran]](/images/image_cache/base-1245000/1245784/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=dbc322ac4e96ec9936b0f32f59807876)
![Palestinian woman goes on hunger strike after being recaptured by Israeli forces [Press TV, Iran]](/images/image_cache/base-1173000/1173762/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=0646f48d483cdba8c6803828f1cb881b)
![Palestinian baker held by Israel ends 66-day hunger strike [Al Jazeera, Qatar]](/images/image_cache/base-995000/995424/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=c9eca44a6b51740daf79488b353416ae)
![Hundreds of Palestinians join Khader Adnan's hunger strike [Palestine TV, Ramallah]](/images/image_cache/base-744000/744932/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=ea62455769410d17f62dda71a9ff5172)
