Who were the INLA hunger strikers?
Participants who died on hunger strike
| Name | Paramilitary affiliation | Length of strike |
|---|---|---|
| Francis Hughes | IRA | 59 days |
| Raymond McCreesh | IRA | 61 days |
| Patsy O’Hara | INLA | 61 days |
| Joe McDonnell | IRA | 61 days |
What is the longest hunger strike recorded?
She ended the fast on 9 August 2016, after 16 long years of fasting. Having refused food and water for more than 500 weeks (she was nasally force fed in jail), she has been called “the world’s longest hunger striker”.
Who died because of hunger strike?
Potti Sriramulu was an Indian revolutionary who died after undertaking a hunger strike for 58 days in 1952 after Indian independence in an attempt to achieve the formation of a separate state, to be known as Andhra State. His death became instrumental in the linguistic re-organisation of states.
Who did longest hunger strike in jail against Britisher’s?
Jatindra Nath Das
Death of Jatindra Nath Das, after 63 days long fast, led to the negative public opinions intensifying towards the authorities. Bhagat Singh finally broke his 116-day fast, on request of his father and Congress leadership, on October 5, 1929.
How much weight can you lose on a hunger strike?
Normally someone on a hunger strike would lose between 4-6 pounds per week (or more), which is much higher than the recommended rate of weight loss which is 1-2 pounds per week maximum. The body is not only losing fat, but also lean body tissue and muscle.
Has anyone ever died from a hunger strike?
On April 3, 1972, Pedro Luis Boitel, an imprisoned poet and dissident, declared himself on hunger strike. After 53 days on hunger strike, receiving only liquids, he died of starvation on May 25, 1972.
What was the longest hunger strike?
India’s Mahatma Gandhi staged several hunger strikes to protest British rule, the longest said to have been 21 days. Bobby Sands, a member of the Irish Republican Army (IRA), starved himself to death in 1981 after 66 days on hunger strike while demanding to be treated as a political prisoner, not as a criminal.