From the context it appears this is in UK, it would have been nice if they had started off early telling us where they are actually held.
But no matter where it is, this is sad, live to fight another day is a good motto. Hunger strikes rarely accomplish anything but harm to those that do it.
There are some pretty big ones that did work though. The Women’s Suffrage movement in the US successfully used a hunger strike to force Woodrow Wilson’s hand and he was put in a position where he had no choice but to cave to the movement.
True but that was a first and it was bigger and part of simultaneous demonstrations, and it broke with dogma of women being weak. So probably way bigger story for the press back then in the early 1900’s.
Today hunger strikes very often don’t get much attention, in this case, it is close to game over for these people.
I agree with all of that in its entirety, the world was a much different and considerably smaller place.
To play devil’s advocate though, there is potential for the right person or persons to harness social media to draw historical attention to one. I don’t think this will happen, and it would turn into a giant mess of a media shitstorm, but it is an interesting idea to think about.
Better to live to fight another day IMO. I will strongly discourage anyone from going on hunger strike, it will more likely than not ruin your health for the rest of your life, and it will also shorten your life, if you don’t die outright while striking.
