A British MP is protesting outside a prison near London over the treatment of a Palestine Action activist who is on her 46th day of hunger strike.
Zarah Sultana, co-founder of the left-wing Your Party, said she is “not going anywhere” until HMP Bronzefield in Surrey transfers Qesser Zuhrah to hospital.
At 3am on Wednesday, she announced she was outside Bronzefield, the largest women's prison in Europe, with a capacity for 500 inmates, and has since posted regular pictures to her social media channels.
“Palestine Action hunger striker Qesser Zuhrah, now on day 46, is being refused an ambulance by the prison,” Ms Sultana said. “She is critically ill and at immediate risk of dying. An ambulance must be allowed in immediately and she must be transferred to hospital for urgent treatment.”
Protesters outside HMP Bronzefield in Surrey, where Qesser Z
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