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’Israel’ Suspends Detention of Palestinian Journalist on Hunger Strike

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The "Israeli" Supreme Court on Thursday suspended the detention without trial of a Palestinian journalist who has been on hunger strike for more than two months and is reportedly near death, adding he cannot leave an "Israeli" hospital without permission.

News reporter Mohammed al-Qeq refused food and medical treatment since Nov. 24, three days after he was arrested.

Al-Qeq, 33, is protesting his six-month sentence under the Zionist administrative detention law that allows "Israeli" authorities to detain individuals indefinitely without charge or trial.

Relatively, "Israeli" Shin Bet so-called "security agency" claimed that the journalist and father of two "incited" violence. However, al-Qeq has denied all charges.

The court said al-Qeq's detention order was being suspended due to his ailing health, and that his family will be allowed to visit him in hospital. However, the detention was not overturned and could be reinstated after al-Qeq's health improves.

For her part, Fayha Salash, al-Qeq's wife, previously reported that her husband would accept nothing less than complete freedom: "He asked that we accept the outcome of his hunger strike, even his death. He said, ‘I either live free or I die in dignity.'"

In parallel, the International Committee of the Red Cross warned last week that al-Qeq's life was in danger.

For Palestinians detained in Zionist prisons, hunger strikes became a common way of drawing public attention to their plight and challenging their treatment or detention.

In the same context, Middle East-North Africa advocacy director at Amnesty International USA, Sunjeev Bery said: "The only way Mohammad al-Qeq feels he is able to challenge his detention, without charge, is with his body."
"Under administrative detention, Palestinian detainees have been imprisoned without knowing why they're being imprisoned or when they might be released," he added.

Other local and international groups, including Reporters Without Borders and the European Union missions in al-Quds and Ramallah, also raised concerns over "Israel's" use of administrative detention and called for Qeq's release.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team