# ‘Dire situation’: Lebanese prisoners on hunger strike for 18 days

https://mins.news/en/item/79866

- Al Jazeera, 2026-09-30 07:40 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/30/dire-situation-lebanese-prisoners-on-hunger-strike-for-18-days?traffic_source=rss

> About 400 inmates at Lebanon’s Roumieh prison have been on hunger strike for more than two weeks against the suspension of a general amnesty law. Lawyer Mohammed Sablouh says many are refusing medication, food and water, while dozens have become so ill that ambulances take them away daily.