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Two protesters are in jail for alleged crimes related to Palestine Action Group Due to his deteriorating health he has stopped his hunger strike.
Qaiser Zuhra and Amu Giib have decided to start eating again after being refused food for 48 days, according to a statement from Palestinian prisoners.
they are in the middle Eight prisoners sitting on hunger strike While awaiting trial for alleged vandalism or criminal damage. According to the group representing prisoners, four of the eight activists are still refusing food, one of whom – Heba Murassi – is now on her 52nd day of hunger strike.
Palestinian prisoners said in an update on Tuesday evening that Qaiser Zuhra decided to end his strike after experiencing “persistent unbearable pain in the stomach”, while Amu Giib “experienced severe weakness and brain fog”. They are both being held on remand at HMP Bronzefield in Surrey.
Zuhra, 20, is charged with aggravated burglary, violent disorder and criminal damage over the alleged burglary of Israeli-linked Elbit Systems UK in Filton, Bristol.
They vowed to start the hunger strike again in the new year if the government did not respond to the protests.
Gibb, 30, has been charged with conspiracy to destroy property and conspiracy to enter a prohibited place in relation to the alleged vandalism at RAF Brize Norton.
Four of the group of eight are accused of playing a role in the breach of Elbit Systems and will go on trial as soon as May next year. The other four are accused of vandalizing RAF Brize Norton in June, where it is alleged they damaged two military jets.
The alleged crimes took place before the group was banned under terrorism laws in July.
Lawyers for eight prisoners have called for an urgent meeting with ministers and claim there is a “real and increasing possibility” that their clients will die in prison.
eight workers have Issued a series of demands, That includes a call to lift the ban on the pro-Palestinian activist group Palestine Action. Palestine Action was banned as a terrorist organization by then-Home Secretary Yvette Cooper in July this year, making support of the organization a crime under terrorism laws.
Palestine Action co-founder Huda Ammori challenges the ban Group in High Courtarguing that the move was “novel and unprecedented”.
Since the ban, thousands of people have been arrested under terrorism laws because they have protested the genocide and supported Palestine action.
In the months before the group was banned, between April and July 2025, there were 63 arrests for terror-related activity. It increased by 2,608 percent after Palestine Action’s ban 1,706 arrests recorded from July to September,
climate activist Greta Thunberg was arrested on Tuesday The Palestine Prisoners’ Group said in a protest in support of the prisoners on hunger strike. In a video, Ms Thunberg can be seen holding a sign at a demonstration in central London: “I support Palestine action protesters. I oppose genocide”.