MP Jeremy Corbyn and hunger-striking prisoner Teuta Hoxha's sister Rahma Hoxha attend a press conference in London calling on the UK government to consider the hunger strikers' demands. Photograph: Henry Nicholls/AFP via Getty Images
British prime minister Keir Starmer’s government has for weeks ignored hunger strikes by a group of prisoners linked to a pro-Palestinian group. It may be forced into action soon, however, as events reach a point where they threaten to spiral out of control.
Eight prisoners involved in the hunger strikes are being held on remand in prisons around Britain, in advance of
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