What are some historical instances of when individuals or groups went hungry, either because they were forced to or because they wanted to make a statement?

Answer 1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunger_strike

Answer 2

Since this is not my area of expertise, I searched Google under the key words "hunger strikes" to get these possible sources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunger_strike
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Whunger.htm

There are more sites.

In the future, you can find the information you desire more quickly, if you use appropriate key words to do your own search. Also see http://hanlib.sou.edu/searchtools/.

I hope this helps.

Answer 3

Gandhi: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahatma_Gandhi

Cesar Chavez: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cesar_Chavez

And many others...

Polish Jews during WWII:
http://www.google.com/search?q=polish+jews+starvation+wwii&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

Biafra: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biafra

And many others...