BREAKING: Over 800 Doctors, Legal Experts and Family Members Address @DavidLammy and @wesstreeting in Open Letter Urging them to Save the Hunger Strikers. On 17 December 2025, over 800 doctors signed a letter to David Lammy and Wes Streeting urging immediate intervention in the case of hunger strikers now on day 47. The letter raises medical neglect and “grave concern” for their health, warning: “They are at very high risk of serious complications, including organ failure, irreversible neurological damage, cardiac arrhythmias, and death.” Read the full letter in the subsequent slides. Today, Prisoners for Palestine held a press conference with medical experts, legal experts, MPs and families and loved ones of the hunger strikers, to urge the government to intervene as the hunger strike campaign reaches a critical point. Dr James Smith, A&E doctor and UCL lecturer who led the letter, said: * “The hunger strikers are dying...” * “The shackling of prisoners when in hospital, even when using toilet facilities, this is something I have never seen or experienced in my time as a medical professional.” * “It is my view that the government are presently harming these individuals. It is imperative that David Lammy meets with the hunger strikers and their families” Rahma Hoxha, sister of T Hoxha held at HMP Peterborough, stated: “I don’t think people realise how serious this is, as on day 35 you risk brain damage, organ failure and heart attack. Today, she’s on day 40. I don’t want to lose my sister, I don’t want to imagine my life without her.” Ella, Qesser Zuhrah’s next of kin, said: “Qesser has been on hunger strike now for 47 days. This means she is 12 days into the final stage of starvation and 7 days into the period where death can occur at any time. Qesser is only 20 years old and has been held in prison for over a year without trial. All she wants is to go home and for this government to stop manufacturing genocide. She has so much life left to live - please let her live.”