The Right to Hunger Strike

The Right to Strike

Hunger, ethics and the right to food.

The management of hunger has to look into the issues of availability, accessibility and adequacy of food supply. From an ethical perspective, this paper argues in favour of the right to food. But, for this to become viable, the state has to come up with an appropriate and effective bill on food and nutrition security, address the issue of inadequate provisioning of storage space by state agenci...

A Case of Prolonged Hunger-Strike

Convict M. K. resorted to hunger-strike on the 18th May, 1934. His weight was then approximately 130 lbs. Regular forcible feeding was commenced on the 2nd July, but previous to this date he had been forcibly fed on eight or ten occasions. His weight was 95 lbs. and there were definite signs of weakness and exhaustion. Between the 2nd July and the 15th October, his weight ranged between 91 and ...

Is the Right to Strike a Human Right?

Irish Political Prisoners and Post Hunger- Strike Resistance to Criminalisation

Political prisoners in the North of Ireland have a well-documented capacity to influence events inside and outside of prison. From the widespread opposition to internment (1971) to the hunger-strikes of 1980-81 and the signing of the Good Friday Agreement [1] , political prisoners have remained central to broader political and social developments in society [2] . This paper contextualises the B...