Palestine Action protesters pause starvation strike over deteriorating well being | EUROtoday

Two protesters in jail for alleged offences referring to the Palestine Action group have stopped their starvation strike resulting from their deteriorating well being.

Qesser Zuhrah and Amu Gib have determined to start out consuming once more after 48 days refusing meals, in accordance with an announcement from Prisoners for Palestine.

They are amongst eight prisoners who went on starvation strike whereas awaiting trial for alleged break-ins or prison harm. Four of the eight activists are nonetheless refusing meals, with one – Heba Muraisi – now on day 52 of starvation strike, in accordance with the group representing the prisoners.

Prisoners for Palestine mentioned in an replace on Tuesday night that Qesser Zuhrah determined to cease her strike after experiencing “continuous excruciating pain in her abdomen”, whereas Amu Gib “experienced severe weakness, and brain fog”. They are each being held on remand at HMP Bronzefield in Surrey.

Zuhrah, 20, is accused of aggravated housebreaking, violent dysfunction and prison harm over the alleged break-in at Israeli-linked Elbit Systems UK at Filton, Bristol.

She vowed to start out her starvation strike once more within the New Year if the federal government didn’t reply to the protest.

Gib, 30, is charged with conspiracy to destroy property and conspiracy to enter a prohibited place in relation to the alleged break in at RAF Brize Norton.

Four of the group of eight are accused of taking part in roles within the break-in to Elbit Systems and are resulting from go on trial in May subsequent 12 months on the earliest. The different 4 are accused of breaking into RAF Brize Norton in June, the place it’s alleged that they broken two navy jets.

The alleged offences came about earlier than the group was banned beneath terrorism laws in July.

Lawyers for the eight prisoners have referred to as for an pressing assembly with ministers and claimed that there’s a “real and increasingly likely potential” that their purchasers will die in jail.

The eight activists have issued a collection of calls for, together with a name to de-proscribe the pro-Palestine activist group Palestine Action. Palestine Action was proscribed as a terror organisation in July this 12 months by then-home secretary Yvette Cooper, making help of the organisation an offence beneath terrorism laws.

The co-founder of Palestine Action Huda Ammori has challenged the proscription of the group on the High Court, arguing that the transfer was “novel and unprecedented”.

The ban has since led to 1000’s of individuals being arrested beneath terror legal guidelines for holding up indicators saying they oppose genocide and help Palestine Action.

In the months earlier than the group’s proscription, between April and July 2025, there have been 63 arrests for terror-related exercise. This then elevated by 2,608 per cent after Palestine Action’s ban, with 1,706 arrests recorded from July to September.

Climate activist Greta Thunberg was arrested on Tuesday at a protest in help of the prisoners on starvation strike, the Prisoners for Palestine group mentioned. In a video, Ms Thunberg will be seen holding an indication studying: “I support the Palestine Action protesters. I oppose genocide” at an illustration in central London.