Post by Kiwi Frontline on Feb 26, 2020 3:26:17 GMT 12
HUNGER STRIKER - 'I DON’T THINK THEY WANTED A DEAD MĀORI IN THEIR JAIL'
An inmate's 25-day hunger strike ended unexpectedly in his release from prison after he tried to become "a martyr".
Francis Shaw stopped eating at Rimutaka Prison in Upper Hutt in January and last Tuesday declared he would also cease taking liquids.
Shaw's hunger strike was a protest over Māori sovereignty, he told Te Ao. He wants a Māori parliament established - a cause he said he was willing to die for.
He believed he was released because he was seen as a threat inside prison....
www.stuff.co.nz/national/119769568/hunger-striker--i-dont-think-they-wanted-a-dead-mori-in-their-jail
An inmate's 25-day hunger strike ended unexpectedly in his release from prison after he tried to become "a martyr".
Francis Shaw stopped eating at Rimutaka Prison in Upper Hutt in January and last Tuesday declared he would also cease taking liquids.
Shaw's hunger strike was a protest over Māori sovereignty, he told Te Ao. He wants a Māori parliament established - a cause he said he was willing to die for.
He believed he was released because he was seen as a threat inside prison....
www.stuff.co.nz/national/119769568/hunger-striker--i-dont-think-they-wanted-a-dead-mori-in-their-jail