Two Palestine Action-affiliated prisoners taking part in a hunger strike have been taken to hospital, as their next of kin and MPs expressed concern over prison conditions and called for immediate government intervention.<\/p>\n
Amu Gib<\/a>, 30, who was being held at HMP Bronzefield in Surrey while awaiting trial, is on day 50 of the hunger strike and 28-year-old Kamran Ahmed was being held at Pentonville prison in London and on day 42 of his hunger strike. The two are the latest of eight prisoners who have been admitted to hospital since the hunger strike action began on Balfour day, 2 November<\/a>, according to Prisoners for Palestine.<\/p>\n Gib was provided with a wheelchair on Friday and taken to hospital on Saturday.<\/p>\n The prisoner-led collective in Britain said hunger strikers \u201cwill die\u201d unless there is urgent government intervention. \u201cThey are in the custody of the state and any harm that comes to them is a deliberate outcome of the government\u2019s negligence and the politicisation of their detention,\u201d the collective said.<\/p>\n MPs have written to the government expressing concerns over the delay in medical assistance and limited communication with families. Lawyers representing prisoners have also criticised<\/a> the justice secretary, David Lammy, for refusing to meet them.<\/p>\n A friend of Gib\u2019s and next of kin, Jessica Dolliver, was due to visit Gib in prison on Sunday morning, when a call came from the prison.<\/p>\n \u201cI just wasn\u2019t surprised because I could see that Amu was deteriorating and I could also hear on the phone,\u201d said Dolliver, 28.<\/p>\n