Write to your MP, The Justice Secretary & Home Secretary - use the 3 templates below with contact details, this action takes less than 10 minutes!

Action 1 - Write to your MP

​Dear [MP NAME],

Subject: Please support EDM 2386 – 4 UK hunger strikers at risk of death

I am writing to you as your constituent to urgently ask for your support for four UK citizens currently on hunger strike in prison: Heba Muraisi, T Hoxha, Kamran Ahmed and Lewie Chiaramello.

These four individuals have been on an indefinite hunger strike since 2 November 2025. One of them is now over 60 days into the strike. They are entering a stage where permanent organ damage and death are real and imminent risks. Several have already been hospitalised, yet they remain in custody rather than receiving sustained medical care.

None of these individuals have been convicted of any crime. They are being held on remand for alleged protest-related offences, with pre-trial detention far exceeding the Crown Prosecution Service’s six-month legal limit. Their actions were motivated by compassion for the civilian population of Gaza and opposition to Israel's mass unrelenting bombing campaign.

Their formal demands were submitted to the Home Office in October 2025. To date, they have received no response. The Secretary of State for Justice has shown only disregard and contempt for their attempts to be heard, despite the escalating risk to their lives.

John McDonnell MP has tabled Early Day Motion 2386, calling on the Secretary of State for Justice to urgently respond to the hunger strikers and address their situation.
I am asking you to:

• Add your name to EDM 2386
• Raise this matter in Parliament, including at Prime Minister’s Questions
• Write to the Secretary of State for Justice and request an urgent meeting to address the hunger strikers’ demands.

These are UK citizens who have not been convicted, yet are being held for excessive periods and pushed to the brink of death in order to be heard. I urge you to act before this becomes a fatal failure of justice.

I look forward to your response.

Yours sincerely,
[YOUR NAME, 
ADDRESS & POSTCODE]

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Action 2 - Write to Justice Secretary, David Lammy
Contact Ministry of Justice


Dear Secretary of State,

Subject : Four UK citizens on indefinite hunger strike – urgent intervention needed

I am writing to you to ask why you continue to ignore the reasonable demands of four UK citizens who are currently on hunger strike in prison: Heba Muraisi, T Hoxha, Kamran Ahmed and Lewie Chiaramello.

These individuals have been on an indefinite hunger strike since 2 November 2025. One of them is now over 60 days without food. They are at serious risk of death. Several have already required hospital treatment, yet they remain in custody rather than being properly cared for.

None of these individuals have been convicted of any crime. They are being held on remand for alleged protest-related offences, for periods far exceeding the Crown Prosecution Service’s six-month legal limit. Their actions were motivated by compassion for the civilian population of Gaza and opposition to mass killing of civilians.

Their demands were formally submitted to the Home Office in October 2025. To date, there has been no meaningful response. The continued silence and dismissiveness shown towards the hunger strikers, and towards those advocating on their behalf, borders on contempt.

As Secretary of State for Justice, you are responsible for upholding the law, safeguarding basic rights, and ensuring that unconvicted people are not subjected to excessive or punitive detention. Your refusal to engage raises serious questions about accountability, proportionality, and basic human decency. Their continued detention under these conditions is a misuse and degradation of our justice system.

What does it say about our justice system and those entrusted to lead it, when people must starve themselves to be acknowledged, and are still ignored as their lives are put at risk?

I urge you to respond publicly and urgently to the hunger strikers’ demands, and to take immediate steps to prevent further harm to them.

Yours sincerely,
[YOUR NAME]
ADDRESS & POSTCODE]

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Action3 -Write to Home Secretary, Shabana Mahmood
[email protected]​

Dear Home Secretary,

Subject: Misuse of resources and risk to UK citizens on hunger strike

I am writing as a very concerned UK citizen about four young remand prisoners,  Heba Muraisi, T Hoxha, Kamran Ahmed, and Lewie Chiaramello, who have been on indefinite hunger strike since 2 November 2025. They will already have done significant permanent damage to their health are now at serious risk of death.

None of them have been convicted of any crime. They are being held on remand for protest-related activity motivated by compassion for civilians being killed in Gaza and opposition to the supply of weapons to Israel from the UK. They pose no threat to the government or public safety. Yet they remain in prison, while tens of thousands of convicted prisoners have been released on early release in the last year.

Their detention is a clear abuse of our justice system and an enormous injustice to these individuals. Cases like this have left some of us with no faith or trust in the fairness independence and integrity of our legal system. At the same time, this misuse of resources wastes taxpayers’ money, imprisoning people who are not a threat while effectively criminalising humanitarian protest.
 
I urge you to ensure their case is urgently reviewed, that their reasonable demands are addressed, and that immediate steps are taken to prevent further harm. How we treat people who act non-violently on humanitarian grounds says a great deal about our society and our democracy.
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Yours sincerely,
[YOUR NAME]
[ADDRESS & POSTCODE]