English Dictionary

hunger strike

noun

A fast undertaken as a means of protest, often by a prisoner.

He went on a hunger strike to protest against the unfair treatment.

意味（1）

A fast undertaken as a means of protest, often by a prisoner.

Alekhina has become a vocal advocate for prisoners’ rights, a sort of jailhouse lawyer who has exposed numerous violations, filed copious complaints, and, in May, held an 11-day hunger strike that succeeded in changing conditions in her penal colony.