Tag: #hungerstrike
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Turkish human rights lawyer dies after hunger strike
30th August: Ebru Timtik, a Turkish human rights lawyer who was serving terrorism sentenced in Istanbul, died after a seven-month-long hunger strike. According to reports, the strike was launched in hopes to draw attention to an unfair trial, however, on the 238th day of this strike, Timtik passed away at an Istanbul hospital on Thursday.…
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Artists threaten to go on hunger strike if govt doesn’t open theaters in 7 days
LAHORE, July 17 (Online): Pakistani stage artists have threatened to go on hunger strike if the government doesn’t open theaters in seven days. Stage actor Naseem Vicky said that the government has to reopen the theaters as the artists are facing difficulties. The federation should prepare standard operating procedures (SOPs) for theaters and we assure…