Sentence examples for long hunger from inspiring English sources

"If we do not step up our efforts now, this long hunger period will be extended by yet another year.

While in Tehran's notorious Evin prison, Ms. Sotoudeh went on two long hunger strikes after her 12-year-old daughter was denied permission to travel outside the country.

The death in February of one of the prisoners, Orlando Zapata Tamayo, after he conducted a long hunger strike to protest prison conditions boosted the pressure on Cuba.

In the 1980s, 10 I.R.A. prisoners died after long hunger strikes protesting the conditions under which they were held in a Northern Ireland jail.

The long hunger strike had caused much hand-wringing at the tribunal, where four defendants have died in detention, two of them after committing suicide.

Kept alive by intravenous feeding, Mr. Fari had refused food and water since shortly after a fellow dissident, Orlando Zapata Tamayo, died Feb. 23 after a long hunger strike while in prison.

My mother, Anna Riepma Gray, had long hungered to return to New York after an unsuccessful stint in the 1930s as an actress.

The Edwards campaign has long hungered for a smaller field, arguing that their candidate could only prosper in a one-to-one comparison with Mr. Kerry.

BEIJING Chinese scientists have long hungered for a news forum they could call their own: a magazine that would probe beyond the headlines of the latest findings and explore issues critical to their professional lives, such as the latest funding trends and which high-profile expats are coming home.

A week-long hunger strike can be disastrous for someone weakened by such conditions.

His body still suffers from the consequences of his 478-day-long hunger strike to protest at his detention.