Sentences with phrase «on a hunger strike of»

He has been on a hunger strike of sorts since early July.

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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.

Los Angeles Times — 5 days ago Doctors are striking, the head of Israel's medical association is on a hunger strike.

In at least one case, a student has been on a hunger strike, calling for increased action from the school's administration, including the resignation of Wolfe.

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

A deliciously crunchy and creamy slice of asiago cheese toast is a satisfying snack that can be transformed with endless toppings to create a tasty slice of toast you can't wait to snack on when hunger strikes!

Well, after a few moments of gut aching laughing inside the dressing room with one leg stuck in a pair of jeans pulled up to my knee - ish area and me hopping around on the other leg while simultaneously holding onto the wall trying to pull / peel the jeans off... I was beginning to sweat, my sanity was being questioned by myself and the saleswoman, and I was striking up quite the hunger.

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.

Footage of Mohamed Soltan's arrival in DC after being held in an Egyptian prison for over a year and on hunger strike...

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

Most of the male detainees are on a hunger strike, including 86 of the 166 striking prisoners who were due for release years ago, according to Reprieve.

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.

Now is the chance for him to strike out with his own liberal agenda,» said Mark Dunlea of Hunger Action which hosts The Peoples» State of the State each year to focus on progressive issues.

The letter was presented the week after the Independent Inspector of Prisons reported that torture survivors were being held at Harmondsworth immigration removal centre, and amid continuing reports of women detainees on hunger strike at Yarl's Wood.

We are aware of three other Harmondsworth detainees on hunger strike who have been recently released from detention and we're supporting another individual, also from Nigeria, who remains inside - distressed and unable to converse clearly.

At 1 p.m., supporters of over 150 people on a hunger strike inside ICE detention centers rally and picket at Hillary Clinton's campaign offices, calling on the 2016 Democratic presidential candidates to «turn their future promises into current support for those suffering abuse and cruelty in detention,» 1 Pierrepont Plaza, Brooklyn.

A University of Rochester student has been on a hunger strike since Thursday morning in protest of a tenured professor who has been accused of sexual harassment.

When hunger strikes, the adult queen and worker ants visit the colony's nursery and cut holes into their own larvae to feed on hemolymph, the equivalent of insect blood.

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).

Make a batch of white bean and roasted garlic dip at the beginning of the week to spread on crackers and eat with veggies when hunger strikes.

Alexander VI refuses to allow a Catholic burial for Paolo, despite his doubts about the stable boy's suicide, causing Lucrezia to embark on a hunger strike that threatens the life of her infant son; the French army heads back to Rome, allied with Sforza; Della Rovere slips back into the city unnoticed to launch a plot against the Pope's life.

The film has been directed by J.J. Abrams («Star Trek», «Mission: Impossible III»), who also joins the writing team alongside Lawrence Kasdan (who previously worked on «The Empire Strikes Back» and «Return Of The Jedi») and Michael Arndt («The Hunger Games: Catching Fire», «Toy Story 3», «Little Miss Sunshine»).

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.

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.

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In the lead up to the Armenian presidential election on February 15th, the incumbent Serzh Sargsyan of the Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) emerged as the only viable choice on the ballot after four other prospective candidates dropped out of the race, one of whom was shot in an assassination attempt, while another cited electoral fraud and commenced a hunger strike in protest.

Today on Day 9 of their hunger strike, parents and community members in NYC will also be taking part in the hunger strike in a show of our support.

During the strike, Chicago Teachers Union president Karen Lewis said she was concerned that «too much of the new evaluations will be based on students» standardized test scores,» and argued there were «too many factors beyond our control which impact how well some students perform on standardized tests, such as poverty, exposure to violence, homelessness, hunger, and other social issues beyond our control» (Chicago Teachers Union, 2012, para. 5).

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.

As rumors of a hunger strike begin to circulate, Louise Dean's pitch - perfect novel places two parents, two sons, and two enemies on a collision course that ends in a surprising and deeply resonant climax.

The hunger strike lasted four days and each evening thousands of protestors gathered on the corners of Abbey Street and O'Connell Street.

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.

One of them had gone on a hunger strike.

When hunger strikes, the cat will smell the food and take out their frustrations on the feeder instead of the humans.

Took back $ 200 worth of Hills back to PetSmart today and traded in it for Canned and Dry Glycobalance... My dog Hated the Hills and was on a hunger Strike for a few days... The quality of the Royal is sooooo much better, right down to the small details like putting a zip lock seal on the bag!

Baltazar insulin crashed due to hunger strike and on top of this he had a real problem stomach which not directly helped the appetite.

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.

Perceiving a political motive in the self - starvation («an act of asymmetrical warfare against us,» one commander memorably called the hunger strike on his watch), Guantánamo fought back.

Ever since he was 11 years old, watching the news coverage of Bobby Sands, he'd been ruminating on the hunger strike and the idea of control, about how «as a child, the only time you have control is when you're eating.»

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.

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.

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It took a me a while to determine this was the cause of my dogs being skittish and on a hunger strike last week.

Though the Loharinag Pala hydroelectric project would not have involved building a huge dam, as Circle of Blue reports, the run - of - river project still would have diverted a 16 kilometer stretch of the river through pipes to generate electricity.In addition to stopping the project, construction on which had been on hold for over a year after scientist AD Agarwal nearly died in a hunger strike protesting the plan, a 135 kilometer stretch of the Bhagirathi River upstream of the town of Uttarkashi will be designated an «environmentally sensitive area», prohibiting future hydro or similar development projects.

Calling it a «moral response to an immoral situation» and drawing inspiration from social justice luminaries like Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr., the organizers of Climate Justice Fast, and a growing list of 150 + supporters from around the world, have begun a hunger strike to last through the end of the COP15 climate change conference on December 18th.

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.

Lastly, Chief Theresa Spence, the head of Attawapiskat First Nation, has been on a hunger strike since December 11, 2012.