"Hundreds of activists of the 'Besiege the Ministry' campaign gathered outside the Ministry of Justice in London to support Palestine Action hunger strikers, who have reached a critical stage in their protest against indefinite detention. Footage filmed on Monday shows activists gathering outside the Ministry of Justice, chanting slogans and blocking the main entrance to the building, preventing the workers from exiting. Police officers were seen monitoring the rally and making several detentions. The protest comes as two hunger strikers, Heba Muraisi and Kamran Ahmed, surpassed 70 days without food and are suffering from various symptoms, including heart muscle atrophy, a dramatic drop in heart rate and collapse of the immune system. The protesters demanded an immediate bail for eight activists from the 'Fliton 24' and 'Brize Norton 5' who have exceeded the 6-month remand limit, as well as immediate doctors' access to the prisoners on hunger strike and removing the 'terrorist' label from the Palestine Action organisation. "We've got young people on hunger strike, and the government are failing to fulfil their duty towards those hunger strikers and their families. And this amounts to gross neglect. These young people should be out on bail. It's ridiculous, they're untried, they're unconvicted, they're innocent until proven guilty under British law," said one of the protesters. He emphasised that the British government has double standards on its approach to protests happening abroad and within the country. "Here, you get Yvette Cooper praising protesters in Iran who are burning down buildings and causing absolute chaos. They're protesters. But at the same time, she represses any kind of protest in Britain," he explained. Another protester said he doesn't want "to see any of the hunger strikers die," adding that they have already 'made their point.' "I think that [they should] come off the hunger strike, because those of us who are supported, we will continue to support their demands. And I think they have made, even at this stage, they made a superhuman sacrifice, and I don't think that they should have to endanger themselves any further," the protester said. On Monday, a group of high-profile authors issued a 'global scholars' statement of solidarity, condemning the stand of the British government. They demanded that the authorities meet with the prisoners' legal representatives and also called the 18-month remand period an 'authoritarian overreach.' The Ministry of Justice stated on the same day, saying that ministers can't intervene in bail decisions, which are within the remit of the independent judges, adding that the demands of hunger strikers would create an incentive for other prisoners to use the so-called 'self-harm' as 'a negotiating tool.'"