Hunger strike in Lebanese prisons ends after settlement over amnesty bill reached

Hunger strike in Lebanese prisons ends after settlement over amnesty bill reached Submitted by Maya Saad on Tue, 10/13/2026 - 09:24 Over 600 prisoners were on hunger strike for 30 days in protest against the suspension of the law People wave flags during a protest calling for the release of detained Islamists held in Roumieh prison in the northern Lebanese port city of Tripoli on 5 January 2025 (Ibrahim Chalhoub/AFP) Off Prisoners in Lebanon announced that they were ending an open-ended hunger strike on Monday after a settlement was reached on a controversial general amnesty bill. The bill,…