To force the issue she embarked on a hunger strike drinking water but nothing else.
Mrs Wheeldon went on a hunger strike and was released after nine months but died shortly afterwards.
She went on a hunger strike, and human rights activists from around the world called for her release.
Relatives of Gen Rivero says he is on a hunger strike in protest.
Irom Sharmila Chanu, 40, has been on a hunger strike since 2 November 2000 in the north-eastern state of Manipur.
Reza Saberi said his daughter had earlier wanted to go on a hunger strike but she was persuaded not to.
First detained in 2009, he spent three months in prison, where he was mistreated and went on a hunger strike.
The detention of Ostreicher, who at one point went on a hunger strike to protest his imprisonment, drew international attention.
Ms Becker, who is on a hunger strike, is refusing to allow the authorities to put her on a fluid drip.
Tymoshenko went on a hunger strike after the beating to draw attention to "violence and lack of rights" in her country.
When he was denied tenure by MIT in 2007, he went on a hunger strike (briefly) to draw attention to his case.
Al-Khawaja has been on a hunger strike for more than two months.
Adding to tensions is the precarious health of a jailed activist who has been on a hunger strike for more than two months.
Blogger Maikel Nabil has been on a hunger strike since 23 August and according to his brother, he could refuse water if he is not freed.
Further inflaming a number of the protesters was the precarious health of a jailed activist who has been on a hunger strike for more than two months.
Mr Price said the envelope bore the words "Dr Barry Horne, RIP" - the name of a "notorious animal rights terrorist" who died on a hunger strike.
The Pentagon says 26 detainees have been on a hunger strike that began in August but UK human rights charity Reprieve said 200 have taken part in the protest in cycles.
One week after his trial began, Mr Zeidabadi went on a hunger strike to protest his detention, and was hospitalized for 17 days after he was found unconscious in his cell.
Meanwhile, Sinhalese hardliners led by the influential Buddhist clergy are also opposed to the bill and a large number of monks went on a hunger strike to protest against the proposed changes.
Now, with 100 of the 166 prisoners on a hunger strike in protest of their indefinite detention and prison conditions, Obama is promising a renewed push before Congress and has ordered a review of his administrative options.
Some drivers decided to go on a hunger strike in the brutal heat and began coupling their contract demands with arguments about the abuse of the local population by Western interests and Algerians from the north, said people familiar with the events.
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After being arrested, Sanli went on a lengthy hunger strike and was released from jail in 2002 because of a neurological disorder.
His death triggered outrage among Palestinians, who accuse Israel of denying him treatment. 4, 500 fellow inmates have gone on a three day hunger strike to protest his passing, according to a Palestinian prisoners' association.
There is no precedent in Scotland for force feeding a prisoner on hunger strike.
Bonino, in a protest against lack of media access, last week went on a five-day hunger strike.
She had spent nearly a week on hunger strike after being imprisoned by Serbian authorities for illegally crossing the republic's border and for links with the outlawed Kosovo Liberation Army.
Just before she died, it emerged that he had written her another letter to be opened after his own death (he survives, after more than a decade on hunger strike).
Tymoshenko, who was a leading figure in the 2004 Orange Revolution and had been on a 20-day hunger strike until last week, argues she has been victim of mistreatment and politically-motivated imprisonment driven by current president Viktor Yanukovych.
She has since gone on hunger strike in a bid to secure medical treatment she says she is being denied.
Also Monday, a scheduled hearing where a Bahraini dissident on hunger strike could have appealed his life sentence was adjourned until April 30.
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