Activist Comrade Onwubiko On A 2-Days Hunger Strike-. See why!!!

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A frontline Nigerian rights activist, Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko, is placed  on a hunger strike, next week Tuesday & Wednesday, as his contribution towards ending industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), which includes crippled the country's public universities since July 1.

Writing on his Facebook wall, Onwubiko, National Coordinator of the Abuja-based Human Rights Writers'Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), said:
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Photo: Indian Family Sets Themselves On Fire Due To Hunger

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Five people set themselves on fire in Gujarat, leaving one man dead as they protested against official plans to raze their home in a drive to remove illegal structures, police said yesterday.
According to GulfTimes

The five people, including three women, belonged to the same family and turned up at a city government office in Rajkot carrying kerosene-filled containers around noon yesterday, the police said.
Ram Sinh, a police official based in Rajkot said the group came to request the officials to stop demolition of illegal encroachments.
But when their request was not granted they poured kerosene on themselves and set themselves on fire,Sinh said.

18 Inmates On Hunger Strike In Oman Prison

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Eighteen jailed activists began a hunger strike today (Saturday) to protest the delay in the Appeal Court hearing for cases on cyber law violations as well as their appeal not being taken up so far by the Supreme Court.

“We have been requesting the court to hear another case against some of the activists, who are already serving six-month terms for wrongful gathering,” Esmail Al Muqabali, who is serving an 18-month prison term for insulting the Sultan and violating cyber laws, told Gulf News over the phone from Sumayil Central Prison.

Hunger Strike: Ex-banker Suspends Indefinite Action As Fashola Wades In

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LAGOS—Barely two weeks after embarking on an indefinite hunger strike to protest non-payment of his terminal benefit,  Mr. Olubiyi Odunaro, a 53-year-old former employee of Hallmark Bank Plc., yesterday, suspended his hunger strike. Odunaro, had commenced the indefinite hunger strike on November 12 this year in protest against the non-payment of his terminal benefit as well as that of over 14,000 of his colleagues who were also affected.