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What (who) is hunger striker - definition

METHOD OF NON-VIOLENT RESISTANCE OR PRESSURE

Hunger strikes; Hunger Strike; Hungerstrike; Hunger demonstration; Hunger striker; Hunger-strike; Amaran anshan; Anshan (hunger strike); Fast unto death; Fast-unto-death; Indefinite fast; Fasting unto death; Hunger striking; Fasting strike; Hunger protest

hunger striker

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hunger strike

(hunger strikes)

If someone goes on hunger strike or goes on a hunger strike, they refuse to eat as a way of protesting about something.

The protesters have been on hunger strike for 17 days...

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• hunger striker (hunger strikers)

The five hunger strikers in London called off their strike and celebrated the good news.

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hunger strike

¦ noun a prolonged refusal to eat, carried out as a protest by a prisoner.

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hunger striker noun

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Hunger strike

A hunger strike is a method of non-violent resistance in which participants voluntarily fast as an act of political protest, or to provoke guilt in others, usually with the objective to achieve a specific goal, such as a policy change. Most hunger strikers will take liquids but not solid food. The striker will often take vitamins and electrolytes to ensure that sufficient nutrients are maintained.

In cases where an entity (usually the state) has or is able to obtain custody of the hunger striker (such as a prisoner), the hunger strike is often terminated by the custodial entity through the use of force-feeding.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunger strike

Examples of use of hunger striker

1. The military defines a hunger striker as a detainee who refuses nine straight meals.

2. The hunger striker, Andrzej Pisalnik, is an informal spokesman for the group.

3. Lately, he‘s been reading a biography of IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands.

4. Chakari, who is blind and the oldest hunger–striker, has been hospitalized twice during the protest.

5. The Doðan News Agency said one hunger striker was taken to a hospital as his condition worsened.