Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in one-day hunger strike
Worldwide, Daily news | ankakh | February 19, 2013 23:20
Some 800 Palestinians serving time in Israeli jails were on Tuesday refusing food in solidarity with four fellow inmates who have been on long-term hunger strike, officials said.
Sivan Weizman, a spokeswoman for the Israel Prisons Service (IPS) confirmed hundreds of prisoners had refused their breakfast but said it was 500 prisoners in two facilities.
The one-day strike was the latest show of solidarity with four detainees who are on long-term hunger strike and whose state of health has sparked mass protests across the West Bank as well as statements of concern from rights groups and Western governments.
The four, Samer Issawi, 33, Tareq Qaadan, 40, Jafar Ezzedine, 41, and Ayman Sharawna, 36, have been refusing food for between two and seven months.
An Israeli court in Jerusalem was on Tuesday to hold a hearing on Issawi’s case, his lawyer said.
Statistics published by Israeli rights group B’Tselem show by the end of 2012, 4,500 Palestinians were being held in Israeli jails.
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