April 30, 2012 Samidoun
Addameer,
the Palestinian Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association reported
today that all of Addameer’s lawyers continue to be barred from visiting
prisoners on hunger strike, with the excuse that the prison is in a
“state of emergency.” Addameer lawyers have been repeatedly blocked from
visits with prisoners on hunger strike, in the current strike and
former strikes. Addameer also reported that 3 additional hunger strike
leaders have been moved into isolation in Bir Saba prison as part of the
ongoing policy of isolation and retaliation against hunger strikers.
Addameer also reported that prisoners are being fined 250-300 NIS
(New Israeli Shekels) daily for their participation in the hunger
strike. Despite these repressive measures, 150 prisoners in Ofer and 50
prisoners in Mejiddo joined the over 2000 Palestinian prisoners on
ongoing strike on April 29. 30 of the prisoners in Ofer were then
transferred to unknown locations. Sudki al-Maqd, the longest-held Syrian
prisoner from the Golan Heights, who has served 25 years in occupation
jails, joined the strike along with 15 Palestinian prisoners from
occupied Palestine ’48, including Hafez Kundus and Mahmoud Jabarin, who
are held in Gilboa prison, also joined the strike.
Member of the Palestinian Legislative Council, Palestinian prisoner
and hunger striker Ahmed Haj Ali was transferred from Mejiddo to Shata
on Sunday, April 29. Haj Ali is being held under administrative
detention, and has been denied several lawyer visits in recent days
while engaging in hunger strike. His son issued a statement through the
Change and Reform legislative bloc, noting that his father is elderly
and his health fragile, and saluting all of the striking prisoners.
Addameer also reported that a number of hunger strikers from Mejiddo
were transferred to Shata prison, while strikers from Shata were
transferred to Gilboa prison, and Ahrar Centre also reported that the
prisoners in Section 5 of Mejiddo prison were transferred to the rest of
the sections, seemingly to transfer prisoners from Gilboa to Mejiddo.
Fuad al-Khfash of Ahrar Centre said that all of these mechanisms are
designed to repress, confuse and fatigue the prisoners as they are
physically weakened through hunger strike.
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