Sentences with phrase «go on a hunger strike»

She frequently spoke out about the prison's treatment of her as a transgender woman and, in September 2016, went on a hunger strike until the army agreed to provide her with gender reassignment surgery.

A former U.S. ambassador to the World Food Programme and a former U.S. congressmen, Hall has gone on a hunger strike before.

Dani Alves goes on hunger strike until Fabregas is signed, Guardiola delays talks with Arsenal for a week.

No Packer fan would ever in a millon years go on a hunger strike.

Unless you are really, really angry or prepared to go on hunger strike or contract a hitman to take out Wenger then you won't cut it as a proper supporter.

They went on a hunger strike to protest the conditions.

«She went on a hunger strike when she was getting her 2 - year molars... for 6 weeks!

Last June, four men were released from Harmondsworth immigration removal centre after they went on hunger strike.

Soon afterwards, he went on hunger strike, first in protest at the food, then at his detention.

Hundreds of men in four institutions were refusing the leave the courtyard and going on hunger strike.

At a rally with parents on the steps of City Hall on Thursday, Ms. Moskowitz urged the city to make space available for the new schools, and suggested that Success Academy families would go on a hunger strike if necessary.

He said he was never beaten or subjected to any inhumane treatment as he recalled that «they (BNI) were extremely concerned when I went on hunger strike».

Narcy was jailed for six months, but Louise for only a few weeks, for she remembered advice given to her by a friend: that if she went to prison, she should go on a hunger strike.

The Lawsuit Obama's new policy quickly provoked a lawsuit, led by Nightlight Christian Adoptions and two adult - stem - cell researchers, Dr. James L. Sherley (a former MIT researcher who notoriously went on a hunger strike after being denied tenure) and Dr. Theresa Deisher (president and founder of Sound Choice Pharmaceutical Institute).

Look at prisoners who go on hunger strikes and don't eat.

If he doesn't get at least one nomination, we'll go on hunger strike.

As we meet John, he has just returned to active duty with the Mindscape agency, following the death of his infant son and suicide of his beloved wife, and is dispatched by Mindscape boss Sebastian (Cox) with helping to unlock the memories of 16 - year - old heiress Anna (Farmiga), who has gone on hunger strike after being confined to her room following her expulsion from an expensive boarding school.

In Northern Ireland's Maze prison in 1981, twenty - seven - year - old Irish Republican Army member Bobby Sands went on a hunger strike to protest the British government's refusal to recognize him and his fellow IRA inmates as political prisoners.

That is just a basic part of the relationship, but when she goes on a hunger strike for days because he demands her to stay seated until he comes to get her, the movie begins to get uncomfortable.

One mom goes so far as to say she's willing to go on a hunger strike until the petition is revoked, because her kid is special - ed and won't be admitted into the charter.

Parents in Chicago's Little Village («La Villita») went on a hunger strike in 2001 to force the Chicago Public Schools to make good on its promise of building a new high school, which the community sorely needed.

However, some needy pups that suffer separation anxiety go on a hunger strike if away from home.

If they go on a hunger strike they are at risk of a condition called hepatic lipidosis, which will make them very sick.

If Pepper, your cat, cries and trembles all the time she's at the veterinary hospital but would send Aunt Mildred in Iowa into fits of sneezing if she accompanied you on a family visit, or if your boxer Blutto goes on a hunger strike at the kennel while you're eating your way through a cruise, there's an alternative.In truth, many pet owners don't have as good a time as they could on vacation because they worry about the loyal four - footed friends they've left behind.Nine years ago, Jeanne Tusler faced this same problem when she acquired a black teacup toy poodle named Gigi.

CHICAGO — If Pepper, your cat, cries and trembles all the time she's at the veterinary hospital but would send Aunt Mildred in Iowa into fits of sneezing if she accompanied you on a family visit, or if your boxer Blutto goes on a hunger strike at the kennel while you're eating your way through a cruise, there's an alternative.

Dogs do not go on hunger strikes, but they do offer tantrums, just as children do.

One of them had gone on a hunger strike.

Always make sure kitty is still eating; some cats are so addicted to their dry food that they will go on a hunger strike without it, which can lead to life - threatening liver disease.

At that point, Wanda went on a hunger strike because it hurt to eat.

Lay off the treats, and he'll eat when he is hungry...» (as she proceeded to give him many treats...), his humans spent hundreds of dollars on different types of wet and dry dog food, and the little guy went on a hunger strike as he would turn his nose up.

We tried a couple times to feed them other brands besides Friskies, but they went on a hunger strike'til we got them their preferred brand.

This time, The Gamesmen talk about the Titanfall beta opening to everyone, Goat Simulator, a mass killer going on a hunger strike, games helping dyslexia, and the Nintendo Direct that took place on the thirteenth.

From the furore around Chris Ofili's Holy Virgin Mary during the Brooklyn iteration of the Sensation show in 1999, to last year's kerfuffle over Martin Kippenberger's crucified frog, displayed in Bolzano, Italy — in protest at which an Italian politician, Franz Pahl, went on hunger strike, describing the sculpture as «a grave offence to our Catholic population» — the Catholic church has taken more than its share of body blows in recent years.

And you can demand that your friends and family serve only raw, vegan, organic food at social gatherings, and go on hunger strike when they don't.

Not everyone who followed Gandhi took the exact same actions and went on hunger strikes and so on, but at the end of the day it was policy change that truly made the difference.

1 Sept: FarmOnline: Lucy Knight: Peter Spencer wins his day in High Court PROPERTY rights crusader, Peter Spencer, who went on a hunger strike on his southern NSW farm earlier this year, has broken down outside the High Court in Canberra following an unanimous decision in his favour to finally have his case heard... But the High Court today ruled that Mr Spencer has a case to be heard, and that there was essentially no case to stop it from being heard.

He was jailed several times and went on hunger strikes to focus attention on his cause.

Normally stone - hearted diplomats broke down, and Sano, who calls himself a «revolutionary» and a «philosopher» on Twitter [@yebsano], said later he would go on hunger strike for the whole of the two - week meeting.

When Sen. Jacques Hébert went on a hunger strike in the foyer of the Senate over the de-funding of a youth movement I don't recall the kind of ad hominem attacks endured by Chief Spence.

Search is built on links, the fabric of the web, and is the entry - point for nearly everyone, leading websites everywhere to do Google's bidding; excluding oneself from search is like going on a hunger strike while fed by robots — one whithers away and no one even notices.

Any other industry might take on the charge of the light brigade by donning placards and planting themselves stratigically on the lawns of Queen's Park (in TO) or on Parliament Hill (in Ottawa) perhaps??? or going on a hunger strike, maybe?

Not exact matches

An Algerian Christian convicted of blasphemy for a Facebook post has gone on hunger - strike following... More

I had to go back to work a couple of weeks ago and it was very stressful knowing she was home on a hunger strike and giving her caregivers a hard time.

At about 4 and a half months of age my daughter went on a «hunger strike», outright refusing to breastfeed altogether.

Fast food or something from a vending machine may call your name when hunger strikes on the go.

When you're on the go and hunger strikes, munching on a healthy, travel - friendly snack from home could save you a trip to the drive - thru — not to mention time, money, and calories.

She would often go on «hunger strikes» if I didn't include her beloved hard food.

While in prison, both men went on a 16 - day hunger strike to protest their detention.