Teuta Hoxha (29) a Palestine Action activist is one of the anti genocide campaigners currently on hunger strike.One of the Filton 24 detained indefinitely under the UK's "Terrorism Act" imprisoned without trial since November 24. She is alleged to have participated in the heroic dismantling of an Elbit Systems weapons factory, causing €1 million in damages.
She hasn't even been convicted of an offence and yet is being treated worse than any dangerous criminal. Her only crime is standing with Palestine.
She has now reached day 55 of her protest, with reports stating she can barely stand without blacking out and is experiencing severe cognitive difficulties.struggling to stand up without blacking out, and extremely fatigued.
Join all-day phone blockade today (Friday 2nd January) to demand that Peterborough engages with T Hoxha to agree on her individual demands. Call HMP Peterborough on 01733 217500 and use the following script:
Hi, I am calling regarding Teuta Hoxha who is currently being held on remand at this prison. She is on her ninth week of hunger strike and is in critical condition. I am demanding that:
1.`Her and her codefendants are granted a meeting with Pete Wiggans (Jexu Officer) to remove non-association orders and ban on activities and jobs.
2.The governor, Ralph Lubkowski, writes to David Lammy to ask him to meet with the hunger strikers' lawyers and recommend her for bail for her health.
Ask for your call to be logged and insist on speaking with a manager or team leader as only they will have authority in the matter. The prison must engage to ensure her safety. We must remind them that they are responsible for the lives of the hunger strikers.
Health updates of the other hunger strikers
Heba Muraisi 31, Day 61 – has dangerously low thiamine levels, expressed an inability to formulate sentences as easily, has difficulty sleeping on her side as it hurts her face too much due to fragility.
In October 2025, Heba was transferred to HMP New Hall having already spent almost a year on remand at HMP Bronzefield.
The prison is hundreds of miles away from her family, friends and community in Brent, London. She has been left feeling isolated as the journey is too far for her family.
Her mum, unable to travel the 178 miles from London to Wakefield due to health conditions, hasn’t seen her daughter in over four months. HMP Bronzefield is 17 miles away from Brent in comparison.
Kamran Ahmed 28 , Day 54 – suffering from intermittent hearing loss, experiencing dizzy spells when he stands up, has regular dips in his heart rate.
Lewie Chiaramello 22, Day 40 – who has 1 diabetes is experiencing dips in his blood sugar and in energy.
Medical experts and historical data from the 1981 Irish hunger strike indicate that the 60-day mark is a critical threshold where the risk of sudden death becomes imminent.
At this advanced stage of starvation, the body has typically depleted all fat reserves and is actively consuming its own vital organ and muscle tissue for energy.
The heart muscle itself begins to break down, leading to a slow heart rate (bradycardia), heart arrhythmias, and sudden cardiac failure.
By day 60, damage to the brain, liver, and kidneys is often permanent, even if the person resumes eating. Strikers may experience "progressive confusion," loss of hearing or sight, and an inability to maintain speech or consciousness.
For context, this is an open-ended hunger strike, and the Northern Irish strikers – including Bobby Sands – died after between 46 and 73 days on hunger strike. Most of the strikers have already been hospitalised; https://prisonersforpalestine.org/ an organisation representing all those detained under charges related to Palestinian liberation, reports that some of the strikers are unable to stand. If the strikers’ demands are not met, some of the strikers seriously risk not seeing 2026.
UN experts have expressed grave concern for the lives and fundamental rights of pro-Palestinian activists imprisoned in the United Kingdom, who have been on indefinite hunger strike since 2 November.
Hunger strike is often a measure of last resort by people who believe that their rights to protest and effective remedy have been exhausted,” the experts said. Read the full statement here https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2025/12/un-experts-urge-uk-protect-lives-and-rights-pro-palestinian-detainees-hunger?link_id=1&can_id=dc3a87c4b00455c28953a76b1b992301&source=email-kamran-ahmed-hospitalised-his-whereabouts-undisclosed-2&email_referrer=email_3037740&email_subject=free-them-all-in-2026&&
The reality of increasing political repression in Britain - led by the despicable Labour Party - has been brought into the stark light of day by the Palestine Action hunger strikers.
In protest at having been locked up for over a year ‘awaiting trials’ that will not take place until at least June (when the average wait is 6 months), 8 of the 24 people arrested on charges of having been involved in sabotage of military facilities under the aegis of Palestine Action, put themselves on hunger strike with a view to gaining publicity for the injustice of their plight, and for the Palestinian cause.
These brave young people are being held unjustly and in ridiculous conditions – and they have taken the ultimate decision to express their views and most particularly on what’s happening to people in Palestine. We must demand that the courageous hunger strikers with Palestine Action be released from jail on bail, and that we repeal the acts and laws that criminalize dissidence.
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For the latest updates, instructions, and set of demands, go to instagram.com/prisoners4palestine and x.com/Workshops4Gaza.
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