"At any moment now, you could receive a phone call to get the most unfortunate news, Shahmina Alam, whose 28-year-old brother, Kamran Ahmed, joined the protest 36 days ago, told Al Jazeera. Ahmed returned to Pentonville prison in London on Thursday after having been hospitalised for a second time. When he's in prison, it's a bit easier because he's making daily phone calls, she said."
"The doctor who treated Ahmed told him that he will now start to decline and expected him to be hospitalised for a third time, Alam said. Having entered prison at a healthy weight for his height, 74kg (163lb) and 180cm (5ft, 11 inches), Ahmed has lost more than 10kg (22lb) and has dangerously high ketone levels. He sounded tired, Alam said. He's got ulcerations in his mouth, so when he's talking, you can tell it's quite painful for him to talk."
Lawyers and relatives of remand prisoners warn that activists linked to Palestine Action could die in custody while seeking a meeting with the justice secretary. Of 29 affiliated remand prisoners held over alleged break-ins at Elbit Systems in Bristol and an RAF base in Oxfordshire, eight are on hunger strike across five prisons, with two refusing food for 44 days and five hospitalised. Families accuse British prison officials of poor care and lack of communication and say the justice secretary has ignored meeting requests. Kamran Ahmed, 28, has been hospitalised twice, lost over 10kg, shows high ketone levels and mouth ulcerations, and faces further decline.
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