Doctors say some are now at risk of death as those on hunger strike the longest near the end of their eighth week refusing food. Memories of the 1981 IRA hunger strikes are being stirred in Britain. One of the eight is said to have been on only intermittent hunger strike due his diabetes. That the UK prisoners are being refused bail in cases where they are not up on charges of violence would make it worse. Pro-Palestinian protesters, and the right-wing counter protesters that like to goad them, frequently take to Britain’s streets as it is.
