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Parisians threaten hunger strike over migrant camps

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Parisians are up in arms over hundreds of migrants sleeping on their streets, queuing up in long lines, day and night, while waiting for their asylum requests to be processed, and some residents say they will start a hunger strike if the unkempt street camps are not removed. Locals in the 10 and 19th districts, located near the famous Sacré-Cœur Basilica, are urging authorities to relocate a center... 

Entitled Illegals: “When Will I Get My House and Car?”

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Illegal immigrants in Germany feel they are entitled to homes and cars, according to an article appearing in Dachauer Rundschau. “I realize that most of them with unrealistic ideas and expectations when they come here. They often ask me: ‘When will I get my house and my car?’” asylum coordinator Isabell Sittner told the newspaper. In mid-October Syrian migrants filed a case against the state... 

UN Vows to Find Alternative Routes Allowing Refugees to Flood into Europe

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Illegals now go on hunger strike to protest against Hungarian border closure. Refugees on the Hungarian-Serbian border have declared a sit-down hunger strike in response to not being allowed to cross into Hungary and proceed to Germany and other destinations in Europe, according to Twitter posts. Hungary has declared a state of emergency in two of its southern counties, reportedly Bacs-Kiskun and Csongrad.... 

Peugeot experiences €4bn in lost sales over Iran bans

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Employees of French automaker Peugeot-Citroen (PSA) from Aulnay-sous-Bois, near Paris, demonstrate in protest at job cuts in front of the Paris Motor Show in Paris, September 29, 2012. The French automaker Peugeot has experienced an estimated four billion euros in lost sales after cutting ties with the Iranian automaker Iran Khodro under pressure from an American partner company, Press TV reports. Peugeot’s... 

Reporters denied access to California prison hunger strikers

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A solitary confinement unit at California’s Pelican Bay State Prison California’s Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is denying media access to hunger strikers in its prisons, officials said. As of Sunday, about 1,000 inmates were still on a hunger strike in protest of prolonged isolation for inmates with ties to prison gangs, KPCC public radio, Pasadena, reported. Prison officials... 

Guantanamo Bay consumes $900,000 per prisoner annually

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Maintenance of Guantanamo has been revealed to cost over $150 million each year, with immediate estimates citing it one of the most expensive prisons in the world. This comes as the hunger strike at the detention facility is far from over. Follow RT’s day-by-day timeline of the Gitmo hunger strike. The prison camp situated at the US naval base in Cuba costs over $900,000 annually per prisoner, placing... 

UN rights body blasts force-feeding of Gitmo hunger strikers as 'torture'

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A force-feeding chair at US Guantanamo military prison’s psychiatric ward, called the Behavioral Medical Unit, taken from a military handout video dated April 10, 2013. The UN human rights body has censured force-feeding of hunger striking captives at US military prison and torture camp in Guantanamo, Cuba as “torture” and a violation of international law, while the number of inmates being force-fed... 

Guantanamo lawyer found dead in apparent suicide

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A US lawmaker who represented detainees at the US infamous Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba has been found dead in an apparent suicide, report says. The body of Andy Hart was discovered last week, an investigative blog, Truthout, said in a report on Wednesday. The report said the news of the lawyer’s death came from a Guantanamo investigator on Wednesday, adding the 38-year-old attorney died of a self-inflicted... 

Guantanamo Bay prisoners on hunger strike out of despair

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Prisoners in the U.S. prison Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have been on a hunger strike for a month out of despair over the lack of prospects for a release. Nearly the entire camp is on strike, with the exception of the elderly and the sick. Many prisoners are in critical condition and are fed through a tube. “The list of Guantanamo” is active, and Russia should not care how it is treated in the... 

West Bank protesters rally for release of deteriorating prisoners

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An Israeli soldier chases a Palestinian protester in the northern West Bank town of Huwara on February 19, 2013. Israeli troops have clashed with Palestinians who were holding demonstrations in the occupied West Bank in solidarity with four hunger strikers in Israeli jails. On Tuesday, Israeli forces fired tear gas and sound bombs in the northern town of Huwara to disperse hundreds of Palestinian people... 

Ukrainian former PM goes on Hunger Strike

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Former Ukraine Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko Jailed Ukrainian former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has gone on a hunger strike, protesting her treatment in prison and demanding an end to political repression. Ukraine’s jailed former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has been on a hunger strike for the past five days, protesting her treatment by prison guards and doctors, as well as calling... 

Serbia anti-government protesters demand early election

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The protesters said they were fed up with corruption and low wages. Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters have massed in Belgrade to call for early elections, amid growing anger over the economy and corruption. Opposition leader Tomislav Nikolic told the crowd he was going on hunger strike until an election was called. The rally comes three months after a similar protest in the capital. President... 

Boer on hunger strike in South African prison

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Willem Ratte It has been eighteen days since Willem Ratte, Boer Republican, and ten others were imprisoned by the South African government without substantial evidence for their imprisonment. This questionable imprisonment has together with the continual victimization of Boers by the South African Government led Ratte on a hunger strike. The Boers is a minority in South Africa seeking their independence... 
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