Palestinian Prisoners Continue Mass Hunger Strike on Day 24th, Despite Deteriorating Health

Rasa - At least 1500 Palestinian prisoners entered on Wednesday the 24th day of their open hunger strike, amid deterioration in their health situation.

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Date: 10 May 2017 - 21:57

RNA - Palestinian Committee of Prisoners’ Affairs warned that hunger strikers had entered a dangerous stage, reporting that health conditions were deteriorating considerably, Al Manar reported.

Prisoners have started to fall due to waves of dizziness, severe pains, and weight loss, according to the committee.

The Palestinian prisoners are calling for an end to the denial of family visits, the right to pursue higher education, appropriate medical care and treatment, and an end to solitary confinement and administrative detention,  imprisonment without charge or trial, among other demands for basic rights.

However, hunger strikers were still standing firm despite the abuse, hunger, and pain, and were committed to compelling IPS to grant them their rights, Palestinian Maan news agency cited a letter smuggled out of a solitary confinement cell in Ashkelon prison by Palestinian journalist Muhammad al-Qiq.

The letter, published by the Gaza-based Asra Media Office, said that the determination of hunger-striking prisoners was “sky-high.”

Al-Qiq was famous for undertaking a grueling 94-day hunger strike in Israeli prison in 2016, and took on a second solitary hunger strike that came to a close in March after he reached a deal with the Zionist authorities.

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