"Supporters of the remaining 'Filton 24' and 'Brize Norton 5' Palestine Action protests on hunger strike in UK prisons gathered outside the British Parliament in London on Wednesday, demanding UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Foreign Secretary David Lammy 'engage' with the detainees. Footage shows protesters holding a large banner reading ‘Support the hunger strike. Do not let them die.’ Protesters can be heard chanting slogans such as ‘Free them all’. “We haven't really been met by the politicians. We've had a select few MPs that feel sympathy towards the hunger strikers. So there was an early day motion for Parliament that was done just before Christmas, and there were 62 MPs that signed it,” explained Shahmina Alam, sister of hunger striker Kamran Ahmed. “MPs that are pushing our main government, Lamy and Keir Starmer, to meet with the hunger strikers, but they have declined those even through the MPs.” Alam said pressure at this stage of the protests was important, with some Palestine Action activists now having been on hunger strike for almost two months. "They're on a hunger strike because the government has failed to meet the rights of citizens in this country and to uphold the justice system in this country. They're not upholding international law. All the demands are around upholding what the British government already is supposed to be doing,” she continued. This refers to the fact that the detainees have been on remand for longer than the six-month pre-trial custody time limit as a result of the classification of Palestine Action is a terrorist organisation by then-Home Secretary Yvette Cooper, after the activists broke into Israel-linked defence company Elbit's Bristol site, and RAF Brize Norton, allegedly causing criminal damage. “At the bare minimum, we are demanding that the government, David Lammy in particular, engage with the hunger strikers, engage with their demands, engage with their families,” said another protester. “I believe that the hunger strikers now, that they should come off the hunger strike. They have very bravely made their point,” said another protester. “I do not want to see any of the British hunger strikers die. I do not want to see any of these young people damage their health,” said a protester who took part in the 1980s Irish hunger strike. “I want them to come off the hunger strike and to continue their campaign and the vast majority of us who are supporting them, we will continue to support them,” he pleaded. Kamran Ahmed is reportedly on day 59 of his hunger strike. The Muslim Social Justice Initiative said Ahmed and Keba Muraisi were at ‘imminent risk of death’. Activist Teuta Hoxha on Tuesday ‘paused’ her hunger strike after more than two months while demanding immediate bail and the right to a fair trial. The hunger strike is considered the largest coordinated strike in UK prisons since the 1981 Irish hunger strike. The UK government has consistently refused to engage directly with the hunger strikers or their representatives, saying established prison procedures are being followed."