Samidoun
Freed
prisoner Khader Adnan called out for emergency night marches and
rallies in support of Bilal Diab and Thaer Halaleh, following reports
that Bilal and Thaer’s health has deteriorated greatly as they enter
their 63rd day of hunger strike. Jawad Boulos of the Palestinian
Prisoners’ Society reported that Bilal Diab fainted suddenly today
during a legal visit at the prison hospital.
Diab issued a statement, saying “We call upon all of the progressive
forces of the world and all of our people who care for our national
cause, and ask all human rights organizations and medical associations
to urgently visit Ramle prison hospital to see with their own eyes the
untold suffering around the clock. I thank all who have stood with us in
the battle of the flesh and the sword…On day 63 of the hunger strike, I
am aware that I am in the final phase of this battle of “biting the
fingers” and that we are holding our position seriously and
responsibly….I will continue the strike until freedom or martyrdom.”
Boulos also reported that Thaer Halahleh, also in Ramle prison
hospital, had been kept on the hospital floor for five hours, and was
cursed and threatened by the on-call physician, who wished him dead, and
then briefly transfered to a hospital off-site before being returned to
Ramle. Halahleh is feverish, vomiting bile and bleeding from the mouth.
He called upon the United Nations to act, saying “I am in my 63rd day
of hunger strike, I call on you for immediate intervention to save life
in the face of the danger of imminent death at any moment. According to
doctors, I am aching all over my body and have lost my immune system.
Before it is too late, end continued administrative detention against me
and all prisoners held without charge. This is contrary to
international law, and you consider yourselves protectors and observers
for their implementation, and ask states to apply the Geneva
Conventions. Why do you not ask this of the occupier Israel, is this
state a state above international law that is not held accountable for
its crimes? Is it not your motto that human rights are most precious?”
The Prisoners Society also reported that hunger striker Muhammad
Halas was moved to the prison hospital after 12 days without food, while
Ahrar Centre for Prisoners Studies director Fuad al-Khafsh said, as
reported by the Palestine Information Centre, that hunger striker
Mohammed al-Aruri’s health is deteriorating, as he is not only on hunger
strike since April 12 but also refusing medications for Thalassaemia,
to protest his confinement under administrative detention. He emphasized
the seriousness of al-Aruri’s medical state, saying that he must be
released immediately in order to receive treatment, and called for
international attention to his case. Aruri’s administrative detention
was extended a third time with no charge or trial on the 5th of April,
prompting his strike. He has been denied family visits and Red Cross
doctor’s visits since 2011.
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