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Dobrzeń Wielki – protest głodowy i Grzegorz Schetyna
A contemporary hunger strike in Poland

A hunger strike is a way that people protest by not eating. Many people have done this to get people's attention, especially the attention of leaders.

Sometimes, hunger strikes are done by people who are in prison. In this case, the hunger strikes are sometimes ended by force feeding, when the prisoners are fed against their will through a feeding tube.

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  • Poster - Votes for Women - Man Prisoner Fed by Force, March 1911. (22896718036)

    1911 Poster Votes for Women (UK) re William Ball force-fed hunger strike

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Huelga de hambre para niños

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