Published date: 9 Dec 2025 16:18 GMT

In footage posted on Instagram, Lammy is seen telling campaigners and the strikers’ families that he did “not know anything” about the prisoners’ cases.

“I’ve written to David Lammy, so the fact he’s saying he doesn’t know about this is a lie,” Sultana told Middle East Eye.

In the video, Shahmina Alam, the sister of one of the strikers, confronted Lammy, saying that he and the Ministry of Justice had failed to respond to a letter alerting them of the planned strike and outlining the participants' demands.

Zarah Sultana: Lammy claim he did not know about Palestine Action hunger strikers is a ‘lie’

British MP Zarah Sultana has said that Justice Secretary David Lammy “lied” when he claimed he did not know about the eight Palestine Action-linked prisoners currently on hunger strike.

^{Katherine Hearst (Middle East Eye)}