[Ppnews] Hunger-Striking Detainee Moved To Hospital

[Political Prisoner News]

Hunger-Striking Detainee Moved To Hospital

Wednesday April 04, 2012 02:37
by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC & Agencies

     Head of the Legal Unit at the Palestinian Prisoners Society 
(PPS), Jawad Boulos, stated that detainee Omar Abu Shallal, 55, was 
moved to Ar-Ramla Prison Hospital, after being on hunger-strike for 
28 days protesting his illegal administrative detention.

Boulos visited Abu Shallal on Tuesday, and stated that the striking 
detainee suffered a sharp deterioration in his health condition. Abu 
Shallal is from the northern West Bank city of Nablus.

He added that Abu Shallal's cellmates, Bilal Thiab and Tha'er 
Halahla, have been on hunger-strike since 36 days.

Boulos met Thiab and Halahla at the Prison Hospital in Ar-Ramla, and 
said that they also suffer bad health conditions, adding that Halahla 
suffers from sharp stomach ache, severe headache and deteriorating eyesight.

The three hunger-striking detainees sent a message through their 
lawyer stating that they are determined to continue their hunger 
strike, similar to the case of detainees Khader Adnan and Hanaa' 
Shalabi, adding that the International Community must act and 
pressure Israel into halting its violations against the detainees.

In related news, detainee Hussein Abu Hadeed, 57, who suffers a heart 
condition, and previously had a pacemaker implant at a hospital in 
the United States, informed Boulos of horrific violations he was 
subjected to when he was kidnapped by the Israeli army.

Abu Hadeed said that he was violently attacked by the soldiers, who 
broke into his home, and that he lost consciousness for several 
hours; when he regained consciousness, he found himself detained at 
the Etzion military base near Bethlehem.

"It was a very cold night; I was attacked and was left on a stretcher 
without sheets or covers, I was moved to Ofer prison but the clinic 
there refused to admit me due to the seriousness of my condition", he 
said, "They moved me to an Israeli hospital, but six hours later, the 
army challenged the physicians advice and moved be to a different 
detention center where they took my fingerprints and interrogated me, 
asking about my alleged affiliation with Hamas".

Later on, Abu Hadeed was moved to the Ar-Ramla Prison Hospital and 
the doctors ordered his transfer to the Asaf Ha-Rofe hospital where 
he received medical treatment and checkups before he was moved, last 
Thursday, to the Ar-Ramla prison.

He told Boulos that he still does not know why he is being detained, 
as no charges were ever brought against him. He added that his health 
condition required his transfer to a specialized hospital.
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