{"article":{"id":2807,"heading":"Hunger Strike Begins at Twin Towers Jail","author":"Michael Everett","created":"2000-08-20 04:21:54","modified":"2000-08-20 14:17:33","last_modified":"Sun, 20 Aug 2000 21:17:33","article":"<p>Friday A18, 11:30pm.  Eight D2K protesters have announced they will begin a hunger strike in front of the Twin Towers jail in solidarity with their imprisoned brothers and sisters.  They have vowed to continue the hunger strike until all D2K prisoners are released. <br><br> Some have stripped and are wearing orange sheets to dramatize the stripping of the First Amendment rights of imprisoned protesters.   <br><br> Currently about 20 hungers strikers and sympathizers are gathered on Bauchet Street neer Vignes and are calling on others to join them in a 24 hour vigil.<\/p>\n","contact":"ia728@primenet.com","link":"","address":"","phone":"310-394-2596","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"Beginning at midnight Friday night, eight D2K protesters will begin a hunger strike in solidarity with our brothers and sisters imprisoned behind the wall of Twin Towers.  All are invited to join.","numcomment":1,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2000\/08\/2807.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":2874,"heading":"At least 40 on hunger strike inside","article":"Forty men and an unknown number of women who have been imprisoned at Twin Towers are on hunger strike in response to the women's lockdown that began on Monday.  The male protesters have been on hunger strike for three days and the women for four.  ","author":"Hubby's on the inside","parent_id":2807,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2000-08-20 14:17:33","modified":"2000-08-20 14:35:43","fileurl":""}]}