More than 30 inmates began a hunger strike at the Bafatá detention center in Guinea-Bissau. The protest action aimed to denounce the conditions inside the prison facility.
The alleged cause for the outbreak of the hunger strike was the shortage of prison guards at the detention center. This situation is said to have created difficulties in the management and daily operation of the prison.
The inmates resorted to the hunger strike as a way to draw the attention of the authorities to the problems faced at the location, hoping that their action would lead to a resolution of the situation.
