Indian police hospitalize activist on hunger strike
Indian police forcibly hospitalized a prominent Cockroach Party activist who was on hunger strike, raising concerns about protest suppression and detention practices.
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Over 1,000 death-row inmates at Iran's Ghezel Hesar Prison enter their third week of hunger strike against executions, with some sewing their lips shut in protest of unfulfilled promises.
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