Families of Palestine Action hunger strikers seek urgent meeting with Lammy

Some protesters are now seriously ill after weeks without food as justice secretary is urged to show some humanityWho are the Palestine Action hunger strikers and what are the health risks?Families and supporters of Palestine Action-affiliated hunger strikers have pleaded with David Lammy to meet them in an attempt to end the impasse over the protest that has left some of them severely unwell.On Monday, as the protest reached a dangerous stage, lawyers for the hunger strikers sent a legal letter claiming that by refusing a meeting the justice secretary had failed to comply with the Ministry of Justice’s (MoJ’s) own policy on handling of hunger strikes. Continue reading...