Canadian student hospitalised after 34 days of hunger strike for Palestine

A Canadian student from McGill University who has been an indefinite hunger strike for the past 34 days was admitted to hospital after she fainted on Saturday, student organisers have told Middle East Eye.

Rania Amine, an undergraduate student at McGill, who began an indefinite hunger strike on 19 February, is understood to be stable and under observation. MEE was scheduled to speak with Amine on Saturday before she was admitted to hospital. 

Organisers told MEE that Amine went to the hospital for IV fluids when she fainted and doctors advised she be hospitalised. The students declined to disclose the name of the hospital for Amine's safety.

Amine is one of two students currently on an indefinite hunger strike to demand that the university both divest from defence companies directly or indirectly supporting the Israeli military as well as end its associations with four Israeli universities.

Around 15 other students have been engaged in a hunger strike on a rotational basis since 19 February.

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