120 Detainees Continue Hunger Strike in “Israeli” Prisons
Local Editor
120 Palestinian detainees are holding the 13th day of their open-ended hunger strike, after being held by "Israeli" prisons under arbitrary detention policies without charges or trial in the occupied territories, according to The Palestinian Prisoners Society as IMEMC & Agencies reported on Monday.
According to the Palestinian Prisoners Society [PPS], a total of 120 Palestinian detainees are continuing the thirteenth consecutive day of their hunger strike, in protest against their administrative detention in "Israeli" prisons.
Moreover, the PPS said that more detainees intend to join the strike as part of a coordinated move, saying that the protest action will continue until the "Israeli" regime ends their illegitimate detention.
The PPS said that nearly 90 of the striking detainees, held at the Negev Detention Camp and Ramla Prison, were forced into solitary confinement.
Three strikers were also reportedly taken to a hospital due to their deteriorating health conditions.
Most of the striking detainees are elderly and many of them suffer from various health problems.
"Israeli" prison authorities have imposed additional restrictions on the detainees, preventing most of them from meeting their lawyers.
The open-ended hunger strike began on April 24, after the "Israeli" prison authorities unilaterally rescinded and voided previously reached agreements with the detainees, including reconsidering and reevaluating its Administrative Detention policies against them.
Administrative detention is a sort of imprisonment without trial or charge, allowing the "Israeli" regime to incarcerate Palestinians for up to six months. The detention order can be renewed for an indefinite number of times.
Palestinian prisoners in "Israeli" jails have been subject to human rights violations, such as the use of torture during interrogation by prison authorities. Human rights groups often criticize the "Israeli prison" authorities for rampant rights abuses in jails and also mysterious deaths of inmates in custody.
In February, Head of the Census Department at the Palestinian Authority Ministry of Detainees Abdul-Nasser Ferwana said Tel Aviv is holding over 4,800 Palestinian inmates in seventeen prisons as well as detention and interrogation centers.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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