Three political prisoners, held without trial, are about to starve to death in British jails. The Starmer regime is watching, and is prepared to let them die.
Heba Muraisi, Kamran Ahmed, and Lewie Chiaramello have gone weeks without food – 68, 61, and 47 days respectively. Their bodies are breaking down, while government ministers hide behind ‘the courts’ and the media pretends that nothing is happening.
These pro-Palestine protestors are not criminals. They are political prisoners, caged for taking direct action against an Israeli arms company – Elbit Systems – that profits from the genocide in Gaza.
For months, they were held without charge. Subsequently, they have been denied bail and refused a trial until June 2026 – two years after their arrest.
🔴 Eight pro-palestine actionists are on coordinated hunger strikes inside UK prisons!
Some have surpassed 40 days of strike
I can see a chorus of comments on social media trying to redicule their hunger strike and make it seem less urgent.
If they were not imprisoned, we would… pic.twitter.com/mOi2rGbRuj— Mona Seif (@Monasosh) December 16, 2025
They are being silenced by counter-terrorism laws, written to crush dissent. And now, with cold calculation, the government is preparing to watch them die of starvation.
We have seen this before. In 1981, Margaret Thatcher let Bobby Sands and other Irish republicans die to make a point. Keir Starmer and David Lammy are ready to do the same.
The British state starves children in Gaza; it starves workers and their families in Britain; and now it starves its own political prisoners.
The Labour leaders lecture us about the need for ‘law and order’, when it is they who are the biggest criminals: supporting Israel’s slaughter in Palestine, not to mention Trump’s Mafia-style kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
The government calls our protests ‘terrorism’. Meanwhile, they are working hand-in-glove with arms dealers to terrorise the people of Gaza and beyond.
Justice secretary David Lammy claims he cannot intervene in this case. But he and his fellow Cabinet members have already intervened – against the Palestine movement.
David Lammy should come to Parliament NOW to address our urgent concerns about the well-being of Palestine Action prisoners on hunger strike. pic.twitter.com/3s6323x6xd
— Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) December 11, 2025
The Home Office has met with representatives of Elbit Systems, and has contacted the police over Palestine Action. Israeli officials have tried to influence court cases relating to the prosecution of protesters.
The idea that this government is a neutral observer to what is happening is a sick joke. Sir Kid Starver and his ministers have played a direct role in facilitating the genocide in Gaza. And now they are playing a direct role in the deaths of these young activists.
Ultimately, they are banking on the idea that we will look away; that no one will notice or care if Heba, Kamran, or Lewie die. They are wrong.
The hunger strikers have exposed the rot at the heart of this barbaric system. Their courage shames every politician, judge, police officer, and journalist who has toed the line of the British establishment in supporting Israel’s genocide in Palestine, and in criminalising those who fight it.
If they die, the responsibility will sit squarely with this government, and with a capitalist media that chose silence over truth.
Remember their names. And take sides – because Palestine has become the fault line of our generation.
Starmer, Lammy, and the whole capitalist establishment are on one side, supporting genocide, starvation, and repression. And all those who want to fight against war, misery, and injustice are on the other: on the right side of history.
The Revolutionary Communist Party supports in full the demands of the hunger strikers:
- End all censorship
- Immediate bail
- Right to a fair trial
- Deproscribe
- Shut Elbit down
Free the Filton 24!
On Friday 9 January, comrades of the RCP from the New Cross and Goldsmiths University branches attended the demonstration at Woolwich Crown Court in support of the Filton 24.
Alongside the core organising campaign group, several other political organisations came out in support. There was also a significant number of people who had simply been following the case and had come along independently, wanting to express their solidarity.
Overall there were approximately 150 present, and the mood was militant and determined throughout. Chants including “one struggle, one fight, we support the hunger strike” and “long live the resistance” were frequent, sustained, and loud.
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All the people we spoke with were clearly frustrated, angry, and determined. They had come to many of these demonstrations and expressed their intention to keep coming out until all of the Filton 24’s demands are met. Comrades of the RCP will be joining them.
Florence Bourdillon, New Cross
