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Frustrated and feeling unable to get their voices heard after nearly six months of a strike to demand more pay and benefits, these eight therapists were taking their protest to the next level with a five-day hunger strike.
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Katia Riddle, NPR, 12 Apr. 2025
Panahi has faced legal battles for years; he was arrested and then freed in 2022 amid a hunger strike while in incarceration for his protests against the Islamic Republic of Iran.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 10 Apr. 2025
Related article Young Thai activist’s death in detention after 65-day hunger strike sparks calls for justice reform
For years, human rights organizations and free speech campaigners have said the law has been used as a political tool to silence critics of the Thai government.
—Helen Regan, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2025
But after 12 people underwent a 34-day hunger strike in 2015, the pinnacle of a yearslong protest by community leaders determined to keep a neighborhood school, the district reversed its decision.
—Chicago Tribune, 24 Mar. 2025
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Katia Riddle, NPR, 12 Apr. 2025
Panahi has faced legal battles for years; he was arrested and then freed in 2022 amid a hunger strike while in incarceration for his protests against the Islamic Republic of Iran.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 10 Apr. 2025
Related article Young Thai activist’s death in detention after 65-day hunger strike sparks calls for justice reform
For years, human rights organizations and free speech campaigners have said the law has been used as a political tool to silence critics of the Thai government.
—Helen Regan, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2025
But after 12 people underwent a 34-day hunger strike in 2015, the pinnacle of a yearslong protest by community leaders determined to keep a neighborhood school, the district reversed its decision.
—Chicago Tribune, 24 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for hunger strike
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“Hunger strike.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hunger%20strike. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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