Three protesters waiting for a trial have ended their hunger strike after over two months.
Palestine Action activists Kamran Ahmed, Heba Muraisi and Lewie Chiaramello began ‘re-feeding’ on Wednesday, the campaign group Prisoners for Palestine said.
Ahmed, from east London, was reportedly at ‘imminent risk of death’ last week and he was transferred to the hospital.
The trio are some of the last remaining hunger strikers who started the action while waiting for trial over their alleged roles in Palestine Action raids and alleged criminal damage.
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Umer Khalid is now the last remaining hunger striker, the campaigners say on their website.
Prisoners for Palestine group claimed strike was ended after the UK government met their demands, allegedly denying Israeli-based defence firm Elbit Systems a £2 billion contract.
Palestine Action was banned under terrorism legislation, which sparked widespread criticism from human rights groups. The ban has been challenged in the High Court.
Prisoners for Palestine said that national leaders of prison healthcare met representatives of the hunger strike prisoners on Friday to discuss prison conditions and treatment recommendations.
Chiaramello said: ‘It is definitely a time for celebration. A time to rejoice and to embrace our joy as revolution and as liberation.
‘We do this because of Palestine, because we’ve been inspired, because we’ve been empowered to take action and to try to realise our dreams for a free Palestine, for an emancipated world.’
Prisoners for Palestine said: ‘While these prisoners end their hunger strike, the resistance has just begun.
‘Banning a group and imprisoning our comrades has backfired on the British state, direct action is alive and the people will drive Elbit out of Britain for good.’
Several other prisoners have been taken to hospital since the hunger strike started on November 2.
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