Mehra Fabi, LGBT rights activist, ended her hunger strike in Sweden after eleven days due to deteriorating her physical health.
She said that ending the hunger strike does not mean ending the sit-in.
Mehra Fabi, the LGBT rights activist from Afghanistan, went on a hunger strike on (Friday, 17 Sonbleh) in support of the demands of a number of women’s rights activists in Germany.
She and the women’s rights activists in Germany have a common desire, to recognize gender apartheid in Afghanistan.
Mehra Fabi still wants to transfer LGBT people from Afghanistan to safe countries.
Fabi said: “I ended the hunger strike because of my physical illness, but I will continue the sit-in until it comes to a conclusion.”
A few days before and after Mehra Fabi was transferred to the hospital, the Swedish police removed his sit-in tent from the street, and after returning from the hospital, she continued her hunger strike and sit-in in the open environment.
Meanwhile, Tamana Zaryab Paryani and other hunger strikers in Germany ended their hunger strike after twelve days and said that they will soon enter the second step of their protest.
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