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November 4, 2015

Hundreds of Refugee Women on Hunger Strike in Texas 
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Hundreds of refugees and migrants are now on hunger strike at the
all-women T. Don Hutto detention center in Austin, Texas. The vast
majority of the women are asylum seekers fleeing violence in Central
America. They are demanding an end to abusive treatment—and their
immediate release.

 

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