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Police arrest and assault doctors supporting Palestine Action hunger striker <article data-history-node-id="432927" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/police-arrest-and-assault-doctors-supporting-palestine-action-hunger" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/police-arrest-and-assault-doctors-supporting-palestine-action-hunger" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Police arrest and assault doctors supporting Palestine Action hunger striker</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>An NHS doctor says she was “strangled” by police officers at a protest outside a British prison demanding an ambulance for a critically ill Palestine Action-linked prisoner on hunger strike.</p> <p>Olivia Brandon, an Accident and Emergency doctor at a London hospital, told Middle East Eye that she was dragged by the hood of her coat by police, causing her airways to become restricted and resulting in her losing consciousness.</p> <p>She also reported that another doctor, Ayo Moiett, who had been repeatedly demanding that Bronzefield prison call an ambulance for prisoner Qesser Zuhrah, was arrested by two police officers after he declined to attend a “voluntary interview” following allegations that he had assaulted a prison officer.</p> <p>Both doctors were among a group of supporters who waited outside HMP Bronzefield throughout the night on 17 December, demanding an ambulance for Zuhrah, who had been on hunger strike for over 46 days.</p> <p>She is among six prisoners who launched hunger strikes over their treatment and the proscription of the direct action group.</p> <h3>Read more: <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/police-arrest-and-assault-doctors-supporting-palestine-action-hunger-striker">Police arrest and assault doctors supporting Palestine Action hunger striker</a></h3> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="Qesser Zuhrah launched her hunger strike more than 40 days ago and has a family history of heart problems (Supplied)" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="a0f975d9-1e93-4d32-8e1c-ebe261abb0c3" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/images-story/Qesser%20Zuhrah.jpg" width="1920" height="1080" alt="Qesser Zuhrah launched her hunger strike more than 40 days ago and has a family history of heart problems (Supplied)" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <figcaption>Qesser Zuhrah launched her hunger strike more than 40 days ago and has a family history of heart problems (Supplied)</figcaption> </div> </figure> <p><span style="background: url("https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png") rgba(220, 220, 220, 0.5); top: -15px; left: 0px;"><img height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> </div> </div> </article> https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/police-arrest-and-assault-doctors-supporting-palestine-action-hunger