What they are going through is pure hell on earth, but a hunger strike is not the answer. It may very well be suicide and as a Muslimah, knowing the possible punishments for suicide, I hope and pray Allah dosen't take his life as one who committed suicide but a matyr as this will be a case only Allah alone can judge....Allahu Mustaan.They have suffered so much on earth,is it right then that they suffer in the next world too?Remember the Prophet and Sahabah and even pious scholars of the past, wen't through great torture , imprisonment,and oppression too,but did any of them fast unto death?
As for those perpetrators, the one's who are causing so much tribulation to our brothers and sisters, then may Allah give them what they deserve..Aameen. It's upon us all to do all we can to help the victims and if nothing else make Dua for them all. Truly their pain is ours, as is the pain and suffering of all those killed and oppressed around the world.