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<h1><font size=4><b>Amnesty International calls on Israel to immediately
release Khader Adnan</b></font></h1><font size=3>Submitted by maureen on
Wed, 02/22/2012 - 00:38 <br>
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</a></font><font size=3>Palestinians in Jerusalem stand in solidarity
with Khader Adnan and in protest of administrative detention.<br>
(<a href="http://electronicintifada.net/people/mahfouz-abu-turk">Mahfouz
Abu Turk</a> /
<a href="http://electronicintifada.net/people/apa-images">APA
images</a>)<br><br>
<a href="http://electronicintifada.net/tags/khader-adnan">Amnesty
International</a> called on Israel to immediately release
<a href="http://electronicintifada.net/tags/khader-adnan">Khader
Adnan</a>, who announced an end to his historic 66-day hunger strike
today, as “Israeli authorities have revealed no evidence justifying his
continued detention.”<br><br>
Amnesty had issued multiple calls on the Israeli authorities to charge or
release Adnan during his hunger strike.<br><br>
<a href="http://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/deal-reached-end-khader-adnans-detention-17-april-no-confirmation-hunger-strike">
The Electronic Intifada reported earlier today</a>:<br><br>
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<dd>Lawyers for
<a href="http://electronicintifada.net/tags/khader-adnan">Khader
Adnan</a> have reached a deal with Israel for Adnan to be released on 17
April, <a href="http://electronicintifada.net/tags/addameer">Addameer</a>
announced today
<a href="http://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/deal-reached-end-khader-adnans-detention-17-april-no-confirmation-hunger-strike#addameer">
via Twitter</a>.
<a href="http://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/deal-reached-end-khader-adnans-detention-17-april-no-confirmation-hunger-strike#strike-ended">
Khader Adnan has agreed to end his hunger strike.</a> Addameer said the
deal appears to meet minimum conditions Adnan had previously communicated
to lawyers.<br><br>
<dd>Adnan has been on hunger strike for 66 days against his
“administrative detention” by Israel without charge or trial. Addameer is
a Palestinian prisoners rights group whose lawyers have been closely
following Adnan’s case.<br><br>
<dd>According to
<a href="http://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/deal-reached-end-khader-adnans-detention-17-april-no-confirmation-hunger-strike#decision">
the deal</a>, Adnan will be released on 17 April – three weeks before the
original 8 May expiry of his current administrative detention order. But
under the deal his admistrative detention order would not be renewed.
Israel has typically renewed administrative detention orders
repeatedly.<br><br>
</dl>“A deal which will see Khader Adnan released on 17 April unless
significant new evidence emerges is insufficient when he needs urgent
medical treatment to save his life now,” said Philip Luther, Amnesty
International’s Interim Director for the Middle East and North
Africa.<br><br>
Luther added, “Khader cannot constitute a ‘security threat’ in his
current condition and should be released from custody immediately. The
Israeli authorities have revealed no evidence justifying his continued
detention.”<br><br>
Amnesty also renewed its call on Israel to end its practice of
<a href="http://electronicintifada.net/tags/administrative-detention">
administrative detention</a>, whereby Palestinians from the occupied West
Bank and Gaza Strip are indefinitely detained without charge or trial.
More than 300 Palestinians, including twenty members of the
<a href="http://electronicintifada.net/tags/palestinian-legislative-council">
Palestinian Legislative Council</a>, are currently held in administrative
detention one man for five years, Amnesty added.<br><br>
<a href="http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/israeli-decision-release-palestinian-detainee-april-insufficient-2012-02-21">
Amnesty’s full statement follows</a>:<br><br>
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<dd><h2><b>Israeli decision to release Palestinian detainee in April
‘insufficient’</b></h2>
<dd><font size=3>The Israeli authorities’ decision to release a
Palestinian detainee by mid-April is insufficient, Amnesty International
said amid reports that he has agreed to end his 66-day hunger
strike.<br><br>
<dd>The organization has urged Israel to release Khader Adnan immediately
to allow him to receive urgent medical treatment. The 33-year-old baker -
allegedly affiliated with the Islamic Jihad movement - is at immediate
risk of death after more than 10 weeks on hunger strike.<br><br>
<dd>“A deal which will see Khader Adnan released on 17 April unless
significant new evidence emerges is insufficient when he needs urgent
medical treatment to save his life now,” said Philip Luther, Amnesty
International’s Interim Director for the Middle East and North
Africa.<br><br>
<dd>“Even if reports that Khader Adnan has agreed to end his hunger
strike are true, this does not mean he is out of danger nor does it
lessen the need for highly specialized medical care.<br><br>
<dd>“He cannot constitute a ‘security threat’ in his current condition
and should be released from custody immediately. The Israeli authorities
have revealed no evidence justifying his continued detention.”<br><br>
<dd>Khader Adnan was given a four-month administrative detention order on
10 January. Israeli military orders allow the Israeli authorities to
detain Palestinians from the occupied West Bank without trial
indefinitely if they are deemed to be a “security threat”.<br><br>
<dd>The Israeli Supreme Court had been due to address Khader Adnan’s
appeal on Tuesday, but the hearing was cancelled following a reported
agreement between his lawyer and the Israeli authorities.<br><br>
<dd>Both the Palestinian Authority and Israeli governmental spokespeople
have reported that Khader Adnan has agreed to end his hunger strike,
something Amnesty International has not been able to verify
independently.<br><br>
<dd>“Amnesty International has repeatedly called on the Israeli
authorities to release Khader Adnan and other Palestinians held in
administrative detention, unless they are promptly charged with
internationally recognizable criminal offences and tried in accordance
with international fair trial standards,” said Philip Luther.<br><br>
<dd>Khader Adnan was arrested on 17 December last year at his home in the
village of Arrabe near Jenin in the occupied West Bank, after Israeli
security forces burst into his house in the early hours of the
morning.<br><br>
<dd>His prolonged hunger strike was begun in protest against his
ill-treatment, the conditions of his detention, and the policy of
administrative detention.<br><br>
<dd>Amnesty International has called on Israel to end the practice of
administrative detention because it violates the internationally
recognized right to a fair trial which must be upheld for all detainees,
even during states of emergency.<br><br>
<dd>The baker has been hospitalized since 30 December as his health
deteriorated. He is currently being held in the Ziv hospital in northern
Israel under armed guard.<br><br>
<dd>As of 19 February, doctors from Physicians for Human Rights - Israel
reported that he was still shackled to his hospital bed, despite
commitments by the Israel Prison Service that the shackles would be
removed.<br><br>
<dd>Some 309 Palestinians, including more than 20 members of the
Palestinian Legislative Council are currently being held in
administrative detention. One man has been held for over five
years.<br><br>
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