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[30 May 2014] Palestinian hunger strikers moved to hospital - English

[29 Sep 2015] Palestinian authorities: 7 hunger strikers in real danger - English

[09 June 2012] Outrage over detention without trial of Palestinians by Israel - Remember Palestine - English Bruce Kent a veteran anti-war activist has made an appeal for Palestinians under repression and imprisonment. He says what is going on today in Palestine is really shocking: Any map of the Wall and the ever expanding West Bank settlements makes it perfectly clear what the ultimate aim is - the occupation by Israel of all of traditional Palestine with the inhabitants leaving, living in Bantustans or reduced to second class citizen status in one Zionist country. As more than 4,000 hunger strikers resistance continues, in this edition of the show we take an in-depth look at their plight and the imprisonment without trial that has led to their large-scale protest recently.

[14 May 2012] Palestinian prisoners continue hunger strike - Middle East Today - English An estimated 1,600 to 2,000 Palestinian prisoners began an open-ended hunger strike on April 17. They do this to protest against Israel's administrative detention rules, the use of solitary confinement, maltreatment of sick detainees, and difficulty in securing family visits and strip searches that are imposed on visitors. Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh calls on Israel to release Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike to protest their detention. Arab League permanent representatives held an urgent meeting in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, to discuss the situation of Palestinian prisoners and hunger-strikers in Israeli jails

[06 Sept 2012] Relatives of Palestinian prisoners in Israel rally in front of Egyptian Embassy - English

[20 Feb 2013] UN chief concerned about Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails - English

[18 April 2013] US fails to break hunger strike at Gitmo: Martha Rayner - English

Press TV has conducted an interview with Alfred Lambermont Webre, international lawyer, about a US federal judge saying she has no authority to stop force-feeding of hunger strikers at the infamous US-run Guantanamo Bay prison.

Former Palestinian political prisoner Sheikh Kadar Adnan, known as the father of the hunger strikers - the symbol of Palestinian resistance and steadfastness, whose successful 66 day hunger strike inspired over 1600 other Palestinan prisoners to hunger strike addressed the Al Quds Day rally in London on 2nd August 2013 via Skype video.

[08 June 2014] The Debate - Administrative Detention (P.1) - English

[08 June 2014] The Debate - Administrative Detention (P.2) - English