Tag: hunger
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How a Fertilizer Shortage Is Spreading Desperate Hunger
[ad_1] Suleiman Chubado is not entirely clear what caused the price of fertilizer to more than double over the past year, but he is bitterly aware of the consequences. At his farm in northeastern Nigeria, he can no longer afford enough fertilizer, so his corn is stunted and pale, the scraggly plants bending toward the…
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Luis Rubiales’ mum begins hunger strike over Jenni Hermoso controversy | Football
[ad_1] Angeles Bejar says she will not eat until the ‘witch hunt’ for her son ends (Picture: Getty) The mother of under-fire Spanish football federation president Luis Rubiales has locked herself in a church and begun a hunger strike until her son is cleared, according to reports in Spain. RFEF chief Rubiales, 46, still remains…
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Senegalese opponent vows hunger strike as lawyers lambast arrest
[ad_1] Firebrand Senegalese opposition politician Ousmane Sonko said Sunday he had started a hunger strike from custody after being arrested this week, as his lawyers condemned his arrest. Senegal’s public prosecutor on Saturday announced seven new charges against the politician — a vocal critic of President Macky Sall who has faced a string of legal woes…
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Texas Congressman Greg Casar holds hunger and thirst strike to call for federal workplace heat standard
[ad_1] Congressman Greg Casar, a Democrat from Texas, is participating in an all-day hunger and thirst strike and vigil outside the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, along with other activists. The freshman representative said he is hosting the strike to draw attention to the need for a federal workplace heat standard, including protections for rest and…
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Prominent Palestinian hunger striker Khader Adnan dies in Israeli custody
[ad_1] JERUSALEM: A high-profile Palestinian prisoner died in Israeli custody on Tuesday after an almost three-month-long starvation strike, Israel’s jail service introduced, at a time of already hovering tensions between Israel and the Palestinians.Khader Adnan, a frontrunner within the militant Islamic Jihad group, had begun staging protracted starvation strikes greater than a decade in the…
