hunger strikes
Did the Government of Ontario Lie to Stop a First Nation Elder's Hunger Strike?
An activist says promises made by Ontario's Minister of Aboriginal Affairs were lies to get a First Nation Elder to stop a hunger strike.
Gitmo Spent $300,000 on Liquid Supplements While Denying a 'Mass Hunger Strike'
Gitmo purchased 161,352 cans of liquid supplement as officials publicly denied reports of a 'mass hunger strike' at the prison.
The Hobby Lobby Decision Could Help Gitmo Detainees
Lawyers for Guantanamo Bay detainees say that the Hobby Lobby decision gives their clients the right to pray communally during Ramadan.
Palestinians Are Paying the Price in the Search for Missing Settler Teens
A Palestinian was killed, and more than were 150 arrested, in the sweeping manhunt for three Israeli teens allegedly kidnapped near Hebron.
VICE News Capsule - Wednesday, March 12
Guantanamo Bay re-brands hunger strikes, South Sudan's tension with the UN, earthquakes from fracking and Naxalites in India.
Guantanamo Now Calls Hunger Strikes “Long-Term Non-Religious Fasts”
We obtained exclusive documents laying out the military's policy for hunger-striking Gitmo prisoners. And they're full of tortured English.
Detention Centres Are Terrifying - And Other Depressing Facts About Seeking Asylum
In this week's cheery asylum seeker round up we have a new nation possibly willing to take our refugees, more information on the Manus Island detention centre riot, and the four-legged refugees who may just jump the queue.
How to Go On Hunger Strike: A Step-by-Step Guide
I spent the day with Sandu, the anti-fracking Romanian hunger striker. Here's what I learned.
Cry-Baby of the Week
This week: A woman who had a meltdown on a plane because her seat wouldn't recline versus a guy who went on hunger strike over gay marriage.
Starve Yourself Free
Inmates in California just ended their hunger strike against conditions in solitary confinement after two months, and the fact that they starved themselves for that long as a protest shows you how cruel and unusual prisons' shit has gotten.
What Exactly Is Idle No More?
In an era where the streets of Athens seem to be permanently burning, senseless partisanship nearly sent America off the fiscal cliff, and a delicate global economy fuels revolutions everywhere, continual political unrest is par for the course. Even...