A hunger strike by hundreds of migrants living in Belgium without legal permission is putting increasing pressure on a government coalition weighing the wellbeing of those involved against the need to stick to immigration and asylum rules.
Algerian detainee Ahmed Belbacha was arrested just months after the September 11th attacks in 2001. Belbacha, like the other detainees, cannot speak with reporters. But he offered his testimony to the BBC.
Hunger strikes have a long history in the conflict in Northern Ireland. Anchor, Marco Werman interviews Brendan O'Leary, Lauder Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania about the history and power of hunger striking in Ireland.
First Nations across Canada are protesting government measures they say undermine native sovereignty and degrade the environment. A chief is on hunger strike, and flash mobs are popping up all around the world as part of the growing movement known as Idle No More.
A Palestinian prisoner in Israeli custody has agreed to end his 66 day hunger strike. After more than two months without food, Khader Adnan was said to be close to death by starvation.