Prominent Egyptian activist and a key figure in the country's 2011 revolution, Alaa Abdel Fattah, began a hunger strike in prison at the start of the holy month of Ramadan, his family said Monday.

The health of Palestinian prisoner Hisham Abu Hawash has deteriorated as he has entered the 135th consecutive day of his hunger strike against Israel's policy of so-called administrative detention, with reports saying the 40-year-old has lost his eyesight and hearing as well as his ability to speak.

Two Palestinian detainees suspend their hunger strikes after reaching deals to suspend their administrative detention after securing their release from Israeli jails.

Fasfous, 34, has been on hunger strike for 123 days.

A Palestinian hunger-striking inmate has finally won his struggle against Israeli prison authorities, who have agreed to free him next February.

The détente came on the 15th day of a strike launched by the drivers of iconic yellow taxi cabs, who have been struggling with hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of debt.

Fears grow for the life of Bahraini human rights activist Abduljalil Abdulla al-Singace, who has been on hunger strike in an Al Khalifah regime’s prison for 100 days.

The Islamic Jihad chief says the Palestinian resistance movement’s threats to launch a war with Israel forced the regime to end its repressive measures against its prisoners.

The Palestinian Islamic Jihad resistance movement declares “victory” over the Israel Prison Service after the Tel Aviv agrees to make concessions to its hunger striking prisoners.

Palestinian inmates regularly stage hunger strike in protest at the administrative detention policy and harsh conditions in Israeli jails.