A media reports that at a detention centre in the US state, Five Indian asylum seekers are on a hunger strike from 90 days. The American Bazaar report stated that all five men, four Hindus and one Sikh have formal sponsors in the US. They have assured them to provide housing and support them during their hunger strike.

All five Indian men had various reason for seeking asylum in the US. At the La Salle detention centre in Jena, all men were forced to eat and break their fast.

Michelle Graffeo is a volunteer at the San Francisco NGO, Freedom for Immigrants. She has been visiting the men at the detention centre.

On behalf of the five Indians, the NGO Freedom for Immigrants has filed a complaint with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL). The complaint demanded to address the systemic civil rights violations which all the five Indians have faced in the detention centre.

This is not the first time asylum seekers have gone on hunger strikes. Previously, few citizens from South Asia have gone on hunger strike to protest against the detention centres which manhandle the citizens.

In the detention facilities, the South Asians face abuse. It is like inadequate language access, also, medical neglect. Also, they face solitary confinement, the South Asian Americans Leading Together civil rights organization reveal.

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