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Noreen Scott is urging readers of Wembley Matters to write to Dawn Butler MP, (Brent East), Sarah Jones MP (Croydon Central) and Barry Gardiner MP (Brent West0, all MPs who have constituents on hunger strike, to write to their MP (addresses above) along the following lines.
Dear Dawn, Sarah and Barry,
We were very disturbed to read the following report in relation to one of the hunger strikers, Teuta Hoxha, a constituent of Sarah Jones MP, but our concerns remain the same in relation to all other hunger strikers, your constituents, their families and visiting friends.
In the circumstances, we would appreciate if you could make enquiries as to…
WHY
“Relatives of Teuta Hoxha, a Palestine Action activist on a long-term hunger strike, reported being followed by drones after attempting to visit her at HMP Peterborough”?
AND WHY:
Family members including Hoxha's 17-year-old sister, Rahma, who travelled to HMP Peterborough in December 2025, reported being turned away and refused the visit by prison authorities for wearing "banned colours”!?
Since when have prison authorities in the UK banned colours that VISITORS wear and under whose authority?
“Following the refused entry, the family alleged they were followed home by drones."
With regards to the family reportedly followed home by drones, under whose authority would this have happened, and WHY?
Teuta Hoxha, 29, began her hunger strike on 9th November 2025 and has now reached day 56 of her protest, “with reports stating she could barely stand without blacking out and was experiencing severe cognitive difficulties.”
The apparent unjustified authoritarian treatment endured by the hunger strikers, together with reported legal breaches, highlight that these and all other related complaints must be thoroughly addressed and investigated immediately.
Before being incarcerated, without having been convicted of any crime, Lewie Chiaramello was a resident of Brent East. Lewie's MP is Dawn Butler. Lewie joined the hunger strike on alternate days on 24th November, despite being type 1 diabetic. This medical condition, along with his hunger strike, is life-threatening.
Barry Gardiner (MP for Brent West) is Heba Muraisi’s MP. Heba has been on hunger strike since 3rd November 2025, which is now 62 days..
“After 62 days on a hunger strike, the body is in a state of advanced, severe starvation, leading to critical organ impairment and placing the individual in an immediate, life-threatening situation. Survival beyond this point without medical intervention is extremely unlikely, as death often occurs between 46 and 73 days.”
Heba has also been placed in New Hall Prison, West Yorkshire, a cruel long journey from Brent for her parents and loved ones.
Another of Barry Gardiner’s constituents, Qesser Zuhrah, was on hunger strike since 2nd November, but paused it after 48 days on 23rd December.
Concerningly, there have been widespread reports that “Qesser’s rights and freedoms have constantly been abused by the prison, including arbitrary restrictions on visits, closed visits, and being put into solitary confinement. Also, prison staff have forced her to remove her kuffiyah hijab, and confiscated all of her hijabs with the kuffiyah pattern from her cell. Her cell was (reportedly) searched without reason or respect for her privacy. On one occasion a guard reportedly stormed into her cell without his bodycam on, to rip off the flowers she had put in her window, each symbolising a Palestinian martyr.”
Further alarming reports have been that, after experiencing severe pain in her chest and collapsing on the floor of her cell at HMP Bronzefield in agony, she begged for an ambulance. She was denied an ambulance all night, and well into the next day, in flagrant violation of her human right to medical care. The actions of prison staff were so inhumane and wreckless, as to suggest they want her to die. This appears to be negligence in a duty of care and misconduct of prison medical staff - potential misconduct, so serious, that in any scenario outside of prison, they would surely be struck off, and even face criminal proceedings.
As MPs, you have a duty of care to your constituents, including all the hunger strikers. We therefore implore you to speak up immediately, taking all measures within your power to raise these grave concerns with the UK Government, and seek immediate action to address their concerns and alleviate such unnecessary suffering.
These young people took action to save lives, and stop the genocide against Palestinians. They are prisoners of conscience. They should be released immediately on bail, and have the opportunity to prepare for a fair trial, without unlawful interference in the judicial process.
The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) upholds the human rights of prisoners, and states that no prisoner should be subject to inhumane or degrading treatment, and they have a right to receive the same medical care that anyone would receive outside of prison.
It seems that all these political prisoners have been subject to treatment from the British government and prison authorities that served no clear purpose, other than to inflict psychological torment on them, their families and loved ones, such as the denial of visits, and depriving them of communications and support.
We call upon you to use your influence as MPs, and take immediate and decisive action to save the lives of these prisoners of conscience, who could tragically die at any given moment; which many constituents may view as a direct result of neglect and depraved indifference of the British government, and prison authorities.
Due to our urgent humanitarian concerns above, we urge all readers to send a similar letter to their MPs.
Brent constituents:
Noreen Scott
Saba Chaudry
Fitzroy Lee
Gaynor Lloyd
Kwabena Nyack: A constituent of Sarah Jones, Labour MP for Croydon Central
Addresses supplied.
