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Supporters, including Zarah Sultana MP, and two doctors, have maintained a presence outside HMP Bronzefield since 1:20 AM, demanding immediate hospitalisation and independent medical assessment for Qesser Zuhrah, who is today on day 46 of her hunger strike.

Ms Zuhrah reported severe chest pain, abdominal and lower back pain, and breathlessness last night.

According to reports from yesterday afternoon, she is no longer able to stand and requires urgent medical attention.

Despite repeated calls for emergency care, prison staff have so far refused entry to ambulances and delayed treatment overnight, prompting Zarah Sultana MP and medical professionals to stage a night long camp out outside the prison.

At around 7am, Zahrah Sultana MP tweeted on X: “Qesser Zuhrah has been waiting 14 hours for urgent medical care. HMP Bronzefield is refusing to transfer her to hospital. I have contacted David Lammy and Wes Streeting, urging immediate intervention. There has been no response. She just needs an ambulance. If she dies, it will be on their hands.”

She has maintained that she will not leave until an ambulance is called for Qesser, warning the Justice secretary, David Lammy on X that if he does not let an ambulance into HMP Bronzefield now, “Qesser Zuhrah is going to die.”

Ms Zuhrah’s vital signs have been taken only intermittently, and she has received inadequate electrolytes since returning from hospital on Friday – due to HMP Bronzefield reportedly running out of electrolytes on Friday.

Fellow hunger striker Jon Cink reported that he saw an ambulance at around 9pm last night which was turned away by the prison.

Medical advocates and healthcare professionals warn that Ms Zuhrah’s condition could become life‑threatening within hours without hospital treatment and observation.

Prisoners for Palestine said, “HMP Bronzefield, under the leadership of David Lammy is willing to let Qesser die rather than let an ambulance into the prison to treat her. This is not neglect, it is a criminal offence. We will not stop until Qesser goes to hospital and all those responsible are held to account. David Lammy must meet us now to save Qesser’s life.”

Calls to South East Coast Ambulance Service have been logged, but access continues to be denied.

Today, bail was denied for three of the hunger strikers, as well another prisoner, all of whom are accused of taking part in the action against RAF Brize Norton, where two British military planes were painted red, to prevent their use in the Gaza genocide. Another hunger striker, Qesser Zuhrah, was also denied bail when her lawyers submitted an emergency application for bail due to her being hospitalised overnight.

The hunger strike, which involves eight prisoners for Palestine, is now on day 40. They are in the danger zone, where irreparable harm is likely, and their health
becomes critical. Each of them are accused of destroying the tools and weapons used to massacre the Palestinian people. For acting to stop a genocide, the state has locked them away for up to two years before they’re even afforded their right to a trial.

Even when their trial comes around, it will not be fair if their demands are not met. We know that crucial evidence which shows foreign and political interference in their cases is being redacted, evidence which clearly demonstrates an abuse of process.

Left with no other option to seek justice, the hunger strikers are using their bodies as a way to continue their resistance. Under the ‘duty of care’ of the state, they are coming physically weaker each day and David Lammy
has failed to bother responding to calls for a meeting with the legal representative of the hunger strikers.

This is an emergency. So far, as supporters of the strikes, we have appealed to the government, lobbied politicians, protested repeatedly, called the prisons and sent thousands of emails. They have ignored us. Now, it’s time to escalate.

It’s time to take inspiration from the prisoners themselves, and take direct action against the companies and institutions complicit in genocide. It’s time to hold to account the institutions responsible for imprisoning those who resist genocide.
Today, friends of hunger striker Amu Gib shut down the Ministry of Justice. Others blockaded the Kent factory of Israeli weapons firm Elbit Systems and just last night, protestors stormed the BBC headquarters. This is only the beginning of the escalation.

Our prisoners led the way, they sacrificed their liberty and they’ve sacrificed their health. Now it’s time to shut down all those complicit with the genocide, and with the repression of those who act against.

Eight British prisoners, all being held on remand for allegedly taking action in
solidarity with Palestine, are on an open-ended hunger strike that began on 2nd
November.

This is the biggest coordinated prison hunger strike in UK history since
the 1981 H-Block strike in the North of Ireland. Five strikers have been hospitalised
thus far. Two have not eaten for 39 days. Their demands pertain both to their own cases (end to censorship of communications, immediate bail, and ensuring the right to a fair trial), to the wider repression of Palestine solidarity protestors in Britain, and to the UK’s participation in genocide in Gaza.
The Labour government is yet to respond to their demands, communicated in writing prior to the start of the strike on 20th October, or to publicly acknowledge the strike.

In total, there have been seven hospitalisations: Kamran Ahmed and Heba Muraisi have been admitted twice. All have lost a significant percentage of their body weight. They are reaching a critical stage, as noted by medical professionals including Dr James Smith, NHS emergency Doctor (as reported in
The Observer, Sunday 7th December). Campaigners are calling on Justice Secretary David Lammy to urgently meet with representatives of the hunger strikers urgently.

Motion Ali, Zarah Sultana, and Jeremy Corbyn have both met with prisoners at Sodexo run Bronzefield Women’s Prison. Nida Jafri, loved one of Amu Gib says: “We are worried sick. David Lammy is a coward. We cannot understand why Lammy is pretending he doesn’t know about this. His own constituents have written asking him to respond and have shown up outside his office – and he has run away from them. The strikers need immediate bail, and the UK needs to address its ongoing complicity in genocide through its partnership with Elbit Systems, Israel’s largest weapons manufacturer”.

Public concern and cross-party political support for the strikers is growing. An open letter calling on Lammy to respond has gathered over 5,288 signatures.
The Green Party’s leaders and MPs have written publicly to Lammy.

Zarah Sultana and Jeremy Corbyn requested a meeting over a month ago.
Both have spoken publicly on this. Labour MP John McDonnell has tabled an Early Day Motion in Parliament calling for discussion of the hunger strikers’ demands; it now holds 40 MPs’ signatures, from across Labour, The Green
Party, Liberal Democrats, Plaid Cymru and Your Party.

Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) and several other UK Palestine solidarity and human rights groups have expressed support for the strikers. A bail hearing will be held Friday 12th December at the Old Bailey for hunger strikers Amu Gib, Jon Cink and Lewie Chiaramello. All are due to be held in prison for up to 18
months before their trial.

On Thursday 4th December, 22-year-old Muhammad Umer Khalid announced he will begin an open-ended hunger strike, joining the Prisoners for Palestine campaign. Umer is currently on remand at HMP Wormwood Scrubs, where he had been held without trial since 22nd August 2025.

This was allegedly in connection to the action at RAF Brize Norton on 20th June 2025, when a group of protesters broke into the air base and spray-painted two RAF Voyager planes. Police say the act caused an estimated £7m of damage. 

Umer, who is from Greater Manchester, becomes the seventh prisoner to join the national Prisoners for Palestine open-ended hunger strike. He has specified he is doing so to support the first three demands laid out in the campaign, namely an end to prison censorship, immediate bail, and the right to a fair trial. 

Like the other pro-Palestine prisoners, Umer has been targeted, often violently, by the prison authorities. His privacy has been violated, his access to books and visits restricted, he has been subjected to segregation on multiple occasions and has been refused permission to perform religious calls to prayers out loud. 

Despite three individuals now being hospitalised, and an additional eighth prisoner who is diabetic, Lewie Chiaramello, joining in a partial hunger strike with serious health implications, the government has yet to respond to or engage in negotiations with Prisoners for Palestine. As some of the hunger strikers enter their fifth week, there has so far been no acknowledgement of three official letters sent separately to the government. 

This week, Prisoners for Palestine met with John McDonnell MP alongside family members of the hunger strikers at the Houses of Parliament to discuss the severity of their cases, and to see what more could be done to encourage dialogue between the government and the campaign group. John McDonnell stated he was “really worried about their lives” in an interview about the hunger strikers with The Canary news outlet. 

Doctor James Smith, one of the many medical professionals who signed an open letter to the Health and Justice commission to the NHS, states:

“Six prisoners have been on hunger strike for between 25 and 33 days. The health of all of the political prisoners has deteriorated rapidly in recent days, and 3 have been hospitalised in serious conditions. It is clear they are not receiving even the minimum standard of care required for people on hunger strike in prison. All six require immediate and comprehensive medical care, and political intervention to protect their human rights.”

OPERATION RE-COMPLY is the documentary about activists currently imprisoned on remand (held without trial), for taking direct action to dismantle weapons at Elbit Systems, an Israeli arms factory in Bristol, as part of the now-proscribed group Palestine Action. This film tells the story of their families, their fight for justice, and the movement that’s grown with them.

After 16 months in prison, six of the Filton 24 are finally going on trial, while others may have to wait two years before finally having their day in court. Their loved ones have had their worlds turned upside down. Violent house raids and arrests, brutal prison conditions, and for the families, a lingering uncertainty of not knowing when—if ever—their loved ones will be home.

OPERATION RE-COMPLY documents the govt’s response—in collusion with Israel— to crush the pro-Palestine movement. Harsh measures like labelling nonviolent activists as ‘terrorists’, and how their families continue to fight back with resilience and love as the state escalates its crackdown on basic human rights.

“When they ask why I did it, I tell them about the children… But I never forget to say: It was love, not hate, that called me.” – Zoe, 21; one of the Filton 24

In the film, strangers transform grief into a community bound by love, support, and resistance.  We’ve seen over 2,500 arrests—many of them pensioners—simply for holding cardboards signs in support of Palestine Action. This is not just a story about the Filton 24; it’s a story about the growing attack on democracy and human rights, as the state uses terrorism laws to criminalise peaceful protest and free speech.