Heeding the informed consent of a hunger striker, confirmed within the trust of the docto r-patient relationship, and respecting the intrinsic dignity of the fasting prisoner is certainly part of the doctors duty in looking after the patients welfare. WebOne of the main advantages of strikes is that they allow workers to have a voice and to demand fair treatment from their employers. Age discrimination, How to have the best Sunday in L.A., according to Rainn Wilson, Schiff reports major cash advantage over Porter and Lee in Senate race, The Ultimate L.A. Bookshelf: 110 essential Los Angeles books, Scooter operators say strict rules, rampant theft threaten business in San Diego, Mayor Bass seeks $250-million expansion of homelessness program in first State of the City speech, Federal court slows a California ban on natural gas appliances, Striking Medieval Times workers struck by car on picket line, 17 arrested in connection with 11 gang-related Sikh shootings in Northern California. Voguet D, Raat A-M (1989) La faim pour la Justice. Whatever the situation, doctors will invariably be involved one way or another, and it is therefore essential that they are familiar with the relevant issues. Once the prisoners were in hospital, they were duly informed of Article 5 of the Tokyo Declaration and told that there would be no force-feeding. The second-placed candidate in the polls, Raffi Hovhannisian, declared a hunger-strike in the post-election period to dispute the voting outcomes. The declaration essentially forbids any medical participation whatsoever in any form of torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment. Others discreetly requested medical assistance, for example in the form of a transfer to the sick-bay, where they could resume nourishment without losing face, since an intervention of this sort from an outside doctor was viewed as acceptable. The refusers aims are in a sense partially satisfied, however, in that the authorities nearly always refer to him as a hunger striker, albeit perhaps an habitual one. Usually there will be nothing for them to do, as the hunger strike generally peters out by itself. But should the general term hunger strike, be used to describe the whole spectrum of situations involving fasting by prisoners? Braggs method allows fasting for no more than 21 days every year after certain adaptation procedures. and others, will be particularly relevant here. How serious these strikes actually were depended on various factors. Artsakh MFA, Statement on the 33rd anniversary of the Armenian pogroms in Baku, -Evoca Mobile POS: mPOS. The issue of the fasting prisoners consent warrants particular scrutiny, as it is a key factor in determining the actions doctors involved will have to take. By refusing food (or food and fluids, in the case of what's called a dry hunger strike), protesters put their lives in danger, risking permanent damage to their health and, eventually, death. WebHunger strikes were tolerated but prisoners were released when they became sick. His first civics lesson? If a prisoner undergoing torture decided to protest against his plight by going on a hunger strike, a doctor should not be obliged to administer nourishment against the prisoners will and thereby effectively revive him for more torture. ), gastro-intestinal disorders (gastritis, ulcers, etc.) skill person required. Since costs tend to grow over time, teams cut budgets instead of looking at costs. The Geneva-based organizations visits to prisoners around the world are just one part of its varied work protecting victims of conflict and violence everywhere. In fact, this is the one type of hunger striker whose action may perhaps - though not always - be legitimately described as being not unlike attempted suicide. Doctors should never be party to actual coercive feeding, with prisoners being tied down and intravenous drips or oesophageal tubes being forced into them. One common interpretation is that force-feeding is viewed as a form of torture, which indeed it may be on occasion. Real hunger strikes involve actual fasting , which has to be voluntary and has to be pursued for a specific purpose . Extract from the publication "Maltreatment and Torture", in the series Research in Legal Medicine - Volume 19 / Rechtsmedizinische Forschungsergebnisse - Band 19. After making his point, however, he quietly admitted that he was, in fact, happy to be alive. The first type of food refuser is the reactive food refuser , arguably the most common sort of hunger striker in prisons. Lockouts can have three purposes: 1. The person may experience difficulty swallowing, vertigo, hearing and vision loss, and possible organ failure. If the doctor can gain the confidence of all involved, in some cases a compromise may be reached or an issue clarified through him that can lead to the end of the strike (see the example below involving the ICRC in Georgia). This refers to prisoners and voluntary total fasting outside any situation of torture (see: WMA Handbook of Declarations, WMA Ferney-Voltaire, France). Any such outside intervention was totally unacceptable in the (northern) Irish hunger strikes of 1980 and 1981. (This sometimes led to bitter arguments, with some hunger strikers telling their families they would never forgive them if they broke the strike by asking for medical assistance on their behalf. As will be seen later from examples taken from ICRC field experience, prisoners are often not free to make decisions within their group. Galaxy Group of Companies and Fondation Universit Franaise en Armnie Sign Memorandum of Understanding, "The Woman": Viva-MTS project dedicated to women's month, We believe in the potential of our team and Armenia. The author was confronted on various occasions with prisoners with whom he established a certain doctor-patient relationship of trust, within the secrecy of the medical consultation. (In the few cases where prisoners were threatening to go on dry strikes, i e with no intake of water either, the author was always able to persuade them not to do it and to limit their fasting to solid foods, as a dry strike could very quickly produce serious and perhaps irreversible health problems. It is inappropriate to assert, however, that hunger strikers should be placed in the same category as persons intending to commit suicide. As the idea behind a strike is to try to force the authority to make concessions on some point, this takes time. Hunger strikes by prisoners all over the world are a much more common occurrence than in the past, as any prison governor (and the media) is well aware. He may even be genuinely convinced that he is a legitimate hunger striker. To know more about the advantages and disadvantages of fasting treatment, Tert.am has talked to supporters and opponents of the theory. Sadly, there are also some cons to this solution. After two weeks, a person can experience dizziness, weakness, loss of coordination, and a low heart rate. Second, these people are not opposed to racial discrimination in principle. First, there is no medical reason to force-feed a physically and mentally healthy person who has been fasting for only 10 - 12 days. Many prisoners of this sort fast in protest on numerous occasions during what is often a long career within the prison system. Indeed, he has no intention whatsoever of taking serious risks with his health. In Johannesburg Kalk and Veriava (1991) treated 33 prisone rs who had gone on hunger strike to protest against their conditions of detention. Malta offers doctors the opportunity to give the fasting prisoner a last chance. They get to play Cesar Chavez, Pancho Villa and Mario Savio (1964 Berkeley student revolt) rolled into one. Prisoners who refuse food may be just that - food refusers - and quite distinct from the other category, the real hunger strikers . Individuals held in custody may go on hunger strikes for a variety of reasons. Fasting has been used as a visible means of protest in many cultures at least since Roman times. One of these strikes started in solidarity with a prisoner, Yelizaveta Kovalskaya, who had been violently transferred after she had allegedly insulted a visiting official. All too often hunger strikers who fast up to or beyond the limits of irreversible physiological consequences are labelled as suicidal. The clear-cut case of a politically motivated hunger striker is different. Fasting prisoners who are mentally ill or otherwise incapable of This so-called "Russian method" of protest, as it was described by several media outlets at the time, was later used by British suffragettes, with the first one being held by Marion Wallace Dunlop in 1909. The euphemism affirmative action doesnt hide it very well. When workers feel that they are being In cases of real voluntary total fasting, usually by politically motivated prisoners or prisoners supporting a specific cause, be it ethnic, religious or otherwise, there may be a will to go all the way and accept the physiological consequences of a prolonged fast. It is believed that one of the first major hunger strikes in modern history occurred at the end of the 19th century in Russia. The government had force-fed her through a nasal drip for more than 10 years. The World Medical Association drew up the Declaration of Tokyo in 1975. 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WebDisadvantages of Nationwide Strikes: Harmful for the Economy: The strikes initially are harmful for the economy as they ensure that the striking workers do not get any work done. Pressure from families may have opposite results, a family sometimes urging the doctor to put a medical end to the strike, or conversely insisting that a prisoners decision to fast should not be undermined by any medical meddling. The motive behind the refusal of food is completely different from that of the preceding category, as is also the way in which it is carried out. This is the crucial argument - to be pursued later on which refutes the frequent assertion that hunger strikes are tantamount to suicide. It was also doctors from the South African Medical Association (MASA) who initiated a WMA review of ethical guidelines on hunger strikes, and contacted the author on the subject in 1990. Fasting prisoners will be in the spotlight; their every action will come under observation. Indian activist Irom Sharmila ended her hunger strike in 2016 after refusing food for 16 years -- arguably the longest such fast in the world. He served five years of a 20-year sentence before being released in a prisoner swap between Kyiv and Russia-backed separatists. Under the threat of force-feeding, he agreed to take oral nutritional supplements about two months later, according to his lawyer. In this they resemble fasting by reactive refusers. Although these declarations may apply to different situations, they share the obvious common denominator of being concerned with the patients welfare. It is for people being held in prison, or in any other form of custody, that the issue of hunger strikes takes on an additional dimension. Second, the act of feeding through a forcibly introduced naso-gastric tube can be dangerous in itself, as was demonstrated by two deaths in the region in the early 1980s. Indications for fasting treatment are given in case of such medical conditions as bronchial asthma, ischemic heart disease, chronical bronchitis, benign tumors, pancreatitis, skin allergies etc. Many prisoners who refuse food are not really hunger strikers, and have no intention of endangering their health. (Soldiers charging a heavily defended enemy position also run the risk of dying. They must be taken into due consideration by any doctor who deals with the hunger strikers. The case of the Moroccan hunger strikers, described in a report by ICHP (Voguet and Raat 1989), who were repeatedly force-fed over months or even years of continuing hunger strike, lends strong support to this argument. A doctor from the outside, such as an ICRC doctor visiting prisoners, can arrange to s peak with individual hunger-striking prisoners in private, and thus be in a better position to determine the exact motivation behind the strike. Prison doctors in relatively benign systems will carry out whatever medical duties are prescribed in such cases. It is also extremely painful and can cause serious bleeding or other complications. My GPA right now is 3.6; so what do I need that program for? This is America. He demanded the release of all Ukrainian political prisoners being held in Russia. Patients under treatment in psychiatric hospitals are known to have fully overcome mental problems after two or three weeks of fasting under doctors observation. The above-mentioned examples and other recent ones involve extreme cases of protest fasting with drastic consequences for the health of those concerned. Even after a protester decides to end a hunger strike, there is the potential risk of "refeeding syndrome." Another crucial difference is that, unlike the reactive type, the determined refuser makes little if any noise about his hunger strike. Maria Alyokhina, a jailed member of the Russian performance-art punk band Pussy Riot, started a hunger strike because she was not allowed to attend her own parole hearing. The question of force-feeding is a case in point, and this will be discussed further on. * We are in heartfelt support of the UCI hunger strikers and their objectives. In other situations, however, forcible nourishment will be a crucial issue, and will lead to much soul-searching for the physicians involved. Long-term refusal of food affects most organs and systems in the human body. 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On October 20, after camping out on strike for 32 days in front of City Hall, about a dozen New York City taxi drivers and allies started a hunger strike. Without the author being seen as an adviser on how to conduct hunger strikes, it was explained to them that a strike only had a chance of attracting attention if it lasted a certain length of time, and that inviting early renal complications through a dry strike was not the best way to go about it). 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Other prisoners will also be observing the volunteer and this may considerably complicate his freedom of decision. Hunger strikes by protesters not actually in custody can take various forms, but are not the issue here. The involvement of prison doctors in hunger strikes may take different forms, depending on whether the physicians main concern is the welfare of the fasting prisoner or rather the smooth functioning of the prison. Hunger helps the organism overcome the ordinary monotonous When telling the author about his experience, he first protested vehemently at not having his wishes respected by the prison doctor. In the following years, there were also several hunger strikes by female political prisoners in Siberia, which were "remarkable given the relatively small number of female political prisoners sent" there. Due to fears that she might die in prison and thus give the movement more sympathy among the public, she was released after 91 hours. The WMA 1975 Declaration of Tokyo and the WMA 1991 Declaration of Malta both prohibit the use of force-feeding. labour cost is high. In any case, its a good excuse not to go to class. The collaboration between Viva-MTS and SOURCE Foundation continues to yield fruitful results, With 120 million drams donated by Mikael Vardanyan, the defenders of the homeland will be treated in a new building, As of 11:00, no significant incidents were recorded on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. It is estimated that if a protester is healthy before going on a hunger strike, and continues to receive fluids, he or she is at risk of dying from malnutrition after six to eight weeks. The examples given are all taken from the field experience of the author and other doctors working for the Internat ional Committee of the Red Cross. Here are 22 essential L.A. spots for every tourist, Column: We cant afford another writers strike. If the prisoner has clearly stated that he refuses to be force-fed, then the doctor must use his clinical and moral judgement to do his best for the patient. No further comment will be made on the latter, however, as they do not have the same implications as hunger strikes for medical action and ethics. For example, it is generally expected that a responsible society will not allow a preventable death, so authorities might face consequences from the public or censure by foreign institutions. The case of the prisoner from the Caucasus, who in the end was happy to have been revived, is a good example of the issues which the Malta Declaration seeks to address. most effective in the lodged crops. ICRC teams visiting prisoners are frequently told that a hunger strike is on. Hunger or malnutrition not only affect the health of people but it also ruin future generations. See also Ismir in the last hunger strikes Dr. Zaki Gul, in Toplum ve Hekim, Eyll-Aralik 1996.) I will conclude with thoughts on how mass incarceration can be cost effective on the taxpayers and communities. If, however, there is reason to believe that the fast really is serious, there are several issues that any doctor involved has to consider. What Are the Advantages of Labor Unions? A climate of trust is obviously essential here, as in any doctor-patient relationship. The term is used to justify the refusal of food, possibly to give it some sort of noble justification. The primary aim of the pressure thus exerted is to shame the authority into giving in to whatever demands are being made by the protesters as is described by WB Yeats in The Kings ThreshoId: if a man Be wronged, or think that he is wronged, and starve Upon anothers threshold till he die, The common people, for all time to come, Will raise a heavy cry against the threshold, Even though it be the Kings. A hunger strike is a method of protest during which food is refused. In many cases, they wanted to know more about what they were getting themselves into, and requested information about the effects of hunger strikes. This was the key issue behind the inclusion of Article 5 relating to hunger strikes. When analyzing the advantages and disadvantages of different approaches, it is important to recognize that persistent hunger benefits some people. To do this, taking account of the various situations in which prisoners stop taking food (and sometimes drink, in the case of a dry hunger strike), it is first essential to rule out any ambiguous circumstances that definitely do not qualify for the generally accepted definition of voluntary total fasting. In countries where prisoners rights are not fully respected or even completely disregarded, and where torture is practised; hunger strikes may be a last resort for prisoners wanting to protest against their situation. Brit Med J 315: 829-830, Restellini J P (1989) Les grves de la faim en pnitentaire. This leads to fat and muscle loss as well as changes in the body's processes. In the Money, which is also generally known as ITM, is defined as the moneyness state of an option, i.e., when compared to the price at which the option can be bought or sold, i.e., its strike price and precisely the term in the Money means the situation when the option on an underlying asset has crossed its strike price which results Prisoners and prison authorities know this, and both may use the confusion created by this general and confusing term to their own advantage. The first advantage is that strikes allow workers to protest actions by the employer they deem unfair without fear of losing their jobs. This was acknowledged by the World Medical Association in its Declaration of Tokyo in 1975. The cases of rotating strikes will not be considered, as they cannot be viewed as protests that the authorities or medical personnel could take seriously. 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Then there are the normal, mentally able prisoners who decide to suspend their food (and sometimes liquid) intake for a certain period of time, most often for some personal reason or (rarely) on behalf of the group they may represent. The implications for doctors dealing with hunger strikers will vary considerably according to the type of fasting involved, and the real purpose behind the refusal to eat. If, however, a prisoner at an advanced stage of a hunger strike is restored to consciousness or to a physiological situation where there can be no doubt about his state of mind, and that prisoner clearly indicates disapproval of the doctors action, then the doctor should be prepared to step back and not intervene again. WebOne of the main advantages of strikes is that they allow workers to have a voice and to demand fair treatment from their employers. This will naturally only have a chance of working if it is widely known that he is fasting. : +49-451-70 31 01 Fax: +49-451-70 31 2 53, The key issue in a hunger strike is that voluntary total fasting should indeed be voluntary. It is important, particularly for the medical personnel involved, to differentiate these various types of prisoners from the outset, as the way the situation is approached and handled will also vary greatly in each case. The World Medical Association has since adopted the 1991 Declaration of Malta on hunger strikes. Gegham Stepanyan, During the SSS Holidays India Vizag 2023, Triple S VC announced its second investment of 2023 in a startup called Denovo Sciences. The two categories represent completely different states of mind and have different aims. This may be because of the judicial situation or the prisoners situation in the prison. One prison doctor in the Middle East told the author: When such a large number of prisoners" (over 2.000 in this particular case) go on a hunger strike, of course I have to order them to be force-fed to save their lives . Within the next week, he or she may suffer from vision loss or other neurological problems. As hunger strikes often occur among prisoners protesting in countries affected by conflict, ICRC doctors are often confronted with hunger strikers. Whether hunger strikers abandon the fast or not, they have a right to know about all the implications for their health, including the physiological effects of fasting. The prison doctors respected the expressed will of the hunger strikers, and force-feeding was not envisaged at any time. (This position based on respect for a patients integrity and his right to refuse treatment, was the exact opposite of the attitude held earlier in the century, when political hunger strikers were force-fed by court order in 1909. In Turkey, in the summer of 1996, hundreds of political prisoners went on hunger strike, protesting about various issues concerning their imprisonment. Such behavior causes muscle weakness, vulnerability to infections, psychological problems, and, eventually, organ failure. Taken up since then by many official bodies, including the United Nations in the 1984 Convention against Torture, it expressly forbids any doctor to participate in any form of torture. After one month or after losing more than 18 percent body weight, there may be permanent damage to the body. A long-term fasting totally eliminates the feeling of depression, says Karine Sargsyan, a proctologist and gastroenterologist. It should hardly be necessary to state that any form of religious fasting clearly has nothing to do with hunger strikes. All rights reserved.Reference to Tert.am is mandatory when making citations.Full or partial televised reading of the website articles is prohibited without reference to Tert.am. It is in these cases that existing ethical guidelines need to be examined. This doctor was deeply convinced that any serious hunger strike was tantamount to suicide, and so there was no question of respecting the autonomy of such a patient. A political prisoner on hunger strike was eventually force-fed, as stipulated by the prison rules inherited from the former Soviet Union, once he was semi-conscious and too weak to resist an intravenous drip. She launched several hunger strikes, including one that was 83 days long. WebIrish Hunger Strikes social forces that create tensions and stresses which push individuals and organizations into mobilization and action supportive of change thus creating the WebStrikes laws, the Ewing v. California case as it pertains to the three strikes law. * Re: UCI, Protesters Ignore Deadline (Oct. 29). Of course there has been racial and ethnic discrimination and prejudice; and of course some racial and ethnic groups have been held back by prejudiced persons in our society as in all societies. The importance of doctors being aware of these effects has recently been stressed in two British Medical Journal articles (Kalk et al 1993, Peel 1997). It may be for a whole variety of reasons, but nearly always concerns only the prisoner himself, and is not part of a more widespread protest. The important thing to remember is that all these categories of prisoners are often labelled as hunger strikers by prison governors, the public and the media. In this sense the reactive food refuser will cling to the prison doctor, whom he will expect to monitor him, preferably place him under observation in hospital, and take whatever measures are necessary to keep him in good health. In fact they rely on the prison doctor to intervene and take any action necessary to keep them in good health. 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