Synonyms for hunger strike
hun·ger strike

Princeton's WordNet

1. hunger strikenoun

   a voluntary fast undertaken as a means of protest

Matched Categories

1. • Fast
   • Passive Resistance

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1. Natalya Gryaznevich:

   We're bringing attention to Oleg Sentsov who has been on hunger strike for 44 days. He could die at any moment.

2. Jen Psaki:

   We're deeply concerned by reports that Russia has moved Ms Savchenko to solitary confinement, we understand that Ms Savchenko has been on hunger strike for nearly a month to protest the terms of Ms Savchenko detention and is suffering additional health problems.

3. Abu Wa'el Dhiab:

   I don't know if I'm going to do hunger strike, i will talk about this after the meeting.

4. Savik Shuster:

   The authorities have returned to a standard post-Soviet state where they don't want to hear anything critical, anything reasonable, i declare a hunger strike until my right to work in Ukraine is returned to me.

5. Jailed Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny:

   I do not withdraw the requirement to admit the necessary doctor to me -- I am losing sensitivity in parts of my arms and legs, and I want to understand what it is and how to treat it, but taking into account the progress and all the circumstances, I am starting to get out of the hunger strike.