Lahore Hunger Strike camp to Demand Release of Detainees

Reported on FAST Rising Blog

Lahore Students Hunger StrikeOn the call of Students Action Committee, Lahore the students from FAST, LUMS, PU and other institutes gathered at Lahore Press Club to continue their protests. To demand the release of their detained friends, the protesters organized a hunger strike camp starting Saturday

Around a hundred students responded to the call to show solidarity to the detainees and to pressurize the establishment to release them. They were informed by the Police later in the evening that the detainees will be released on Monday. The cops pressurized the protesters to leave the place, shutting down the camp. The students refused and decided to continue their camp through the night to show their seriousness to the cause. At the time of writing this, around 50 students including a few females are present on this camp – footpath around the Lahore Press Club, and have plans to stay there and continue the hunger strike till their friends are released. Deployments of police have surrounded the protesters’ camp.


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