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Four protesters jailed for alleged crimes related to Palestine action The group has pledged to maintain them hunger strikeTheir families have said.
Eight workers initially went on hunger strike while awaiting trial for alleged sabotage or criminal damage, while four are still continuing their protest.
Four people from the group are accused of playing a role in the breach of Israeli-linked defense technology company Elbit Systems UK and will go on trial as soon as May next year.
The other four are accused of vandalizing RAF Brize Norton in June, where they are alleged to have sprayed red paint on two RAF Voyager aircraft, causing millions of pounds of damage.
Cesar Zuhra and Amu Gibeth stopped his hunger strike This week after health concerns. The lawyers of the eight have said that if the protest continues, they may even die.
According to the aid group Prisoners of Palestine, those still refusing food are Touta Hoxha, Heba Murassi, Kamran Ahmed and Levi Chiaramelo.
According to a tracker promoted by the group, Murassi has been living without food for more than 50 days. And both Ahmed and Hoxha have been on hunger strike for more than 45 days. Chiaramelo is doing intermittent fasting due to an underlying health condition.
Ahmed’s sister Shahmina Alam told Sky News that her brother’s “spirit is strong” despite the growing threat of going without food. She said: “The prison has moved him to cells closer to the nurse’s station to ensure he is able to manage his vitals and respond to any emergencies.
“Kamran is still determined. He feels this is the only way to get his demands met.”
Hoeksta’s sister Rahma said he was losing “a huge amount of weight”. He said Hoxta was having trouble talking, had frequent headaches and had an increased heart rate.
Protesters, who have called for the terror ban on the Palestine Action Group to be lifted, have threatened legal action against the government.
A law firm representing the hunger strikers said this submitted a pre-action letter Against Justice Secretary David Lammy on Monday. The letter seeks a response within 24 hours, adding that the issue is an “urgent matter” as “the health of our customers is continuously deteriorating, with the risk of them dying increasing every day”.
It also calls for an urgent meeting with Mr Lammy. Palestine aid group Prisoners told Independent That no response has come from the government yet.
Ahmed, 28, who was being held in Pentonville prison in London, and Gibb, 30, who was being held in HMP Bronzefield in Surrey, were both admitted to hospital last week after refusing food.
Last Thursday, emergency physician Dr. James Smith told reporters that some workers were “dying” and needed specialist medical attention.
A Ministry of Justice spokesperson said: “We strongly deny these claims.
“We want these prisoners to accept support and get better, and we will not provide perverse incentives that will encourage more people to put themselves at risk Hunger strike”.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer had earlier said “rules and procedures” were being followed, after facing questions in the Commons over why his ministers had refused to meet representatives of the strikers.
Prisons Minister Lord Timpson had previously said that the service was “very experienced” in dealing with hunger strikes and had “robust and working” systems in place and that the prison service “will not meet” any prisoners or their representatives.