An Oakland-based mom-and-pop landlord is donating thousands of dollars he raised during a three-day hunger strike this week protesting an Alameda County proposal to extend its COVID eviction moratorium to other distressed small property owners. George Wu began his protest Feb. 26 at a county administrative building after he said he was struggling to make…
Oakland Landlord Goes on Hunger Strike to Protest Alameda County’s COVID Eviction Moratorium
Oakland Landlord Goes on Hunger Strike to Protest COVID Eviction Moratorium
An Oakland-based mom-and-pop landlord is donating thousands of dollars he raised during a three-day hunger strike this week protesting an Alameda County proposal to extend its COVID eviction moratorium to other distressed small property owners. George Wu began his protest Feb. 26 at a county administrative building after he said he was struggling to make…
Protesters Support Apple Hunger Striker
Beijing is hitting back at Washington’s sweeping sanctions by bringing a dispute against the United States to the World Trade Organization. A hunger strike at Apple’s headquarters in Cupertino is protesting the tech company’s AirDrop restrictions in China. Alabama and Utah are joining a growing list of states going after TikTok. As of now, nine…
Ex-US Marine Reed Ends Hunger Strike in Russian Prison: Agencies
Trevor Reed, a former U.S. Marine jailed in Russia, has ended a hunger strike and is being treated in his prison’s medical centre, Russian news agencies reported on Monday, citing the prison service and his lawyers. Reed, 30, from Texas, is serving a nine-year term after being convicted of endangering the lives of two police…
Husband of Detained Iranian–British Woman on Hunger Strike
LONDON—The husband of UK charity worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who has been detained for more than five years in Iran, has gone on a hunger strike again after a court decided she has to spend another year in prison. Richard Ratcliffe started his fast on Sunday outside the British government’s Foreign Office in central London. He…
French Hospital Worker: I’m on Hunger Strike Over Vaccine Mandate
September 16, 2021
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NICE, France—A French hospital worker has said he is on hunger strike to protest against a government rule that healthcare workers will be suspended if they are not vaccinated against COVID-19. Thierry Paysant, a fire safety officer with the public hospital system in Nice, southern France, has pitched a tent in front of the city’s…
Imprisoned Chinese Citizen Journalist Not Well, Lawyer Says
August 17, 2021
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TAIPEI, Taiwan—A Chinese citizen journalist serving a four-year sentence after reporting on the early stage of the COVID-19 pandemic in the city of Wuhan is in ill health after staging a long-running hunger strike, according to a lawyer who spoke with her family. Zhang Zhan was hospitalized on July 31 and now weighs less than…
Chinese Citizen Journalist Jailed for Reporting Virus Outbreak Continues to Go on Hunger Strike
August 5, 2021
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Zhang Zhan is six feet tall yet currently weighs less than 90 pounds due to a prolonged hunger strike. The 37-year-old former lawyer and citizen journalist refused to eat the normal amount of food in prison. Zhang, a Shanghai native, was sentenced to a four-year jail term last December for reporting on the CCP virus outbreak…
Chinese Citizen Journalist Jailed for Reporting Virus Outbreak Continues Hunger Strike
August 5, 2021
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Zhang Zhan, a 37-year-old former lawyer and citizen journalist, is 6 feet tall yet currently weighs less than 90 pounds because of a prolonged hunger strike while in prison. Zhang, a Shanghai native, was sentenced to a four-year jail term last December for reporting on the CCP virus outbreak in China. The CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus,…
‘Proved That They Care’: Man Who Held Hunger Strike Hopeful After Suicide Bill Passes
Last summer, a 24-year-old fiddle teacher walked more than 600 kilometres from his home in northern Saskatchewan to the legislature in Regina after a bill to address suicides was voted down a second time. Tristen Durocher set up a teepee camp surrounded by photographs of people who had taken their own lives. He held a…
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