[Ppnews] PA security arrests hunger striker Hassan Safadi’s brother

[Political Prisoner News]

  PA security arrests hunger striker Hassan Safadi’s brother

http://samidoun.ca/2012/08/pa-security-arrests-hunger-striker-hassan-safadis-brother/

Palestinian Authority security forces arrested hunger striking prisoner 
Hassan Safadi’s brother, Saleh Safadi (30 years old) today, August 6, 
2012, reported Addameer 
<https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=10151360155310200&id=82295125199>. 
Around 30 members of the PA security forces raided their home at 3:00 am 
and took Saleh to Jenaid prison near Nablus, without giving any reasons 
for the arrest. Saleh previously spent 1 year under “administrative 
detention” in Israeli occupation prisons in 2007.

Hassan Safadi is currently on hunger strike in Israeli prisons; he is on 
his 47th day of a renewed hunger strike, following an earlier 81 day 
hunger strike. Hassan was one of the long-term hunger strikers held in 
administrative detention without charge or trial who, under the 
agreement to end the mass prisoners hunger strike on May 14, 2012, was 
supposed to be released at the expiration of his term of administrative 
detention.

In violation of the agreement, his administrative detention was extended 
for an additional six months rather than his release being secured on 
June 21, 2012. He immediately re-started his hunger strike in protest of 
this violation, demanding his immediate release and was placed in 
isolation. Addameer and Physicians for Human Rights 
<http://addameer.org/etemplate.php?id=501> have reported:

    Hassan is currently being held in an isolated cell. Hassan has
    reported escalating pressure from the IPS to end his hunger strike.
    Hassan further noted that his court hearing on 25 July has been
    delayed again until 07 August, stressing that he is in no condition
    to travel 15 hours every time for the court hearings. He also
    reported suffering from kidney problems, sight problems, extreme
    weakness, severe weight loss, headaches, dizziness and has
    difficulty standing.

Hassan’s mother was just released from hospital today, to return home to 
find Saleh detained as well, also without charge.

Hassan is not the only hunger striker in occupation prisons – Samer 
al-Barq is on his 77th day of hunger strike, and Ayman Sharawna is on 
his 37th day. Samer Issawi announced his hunger strike 
<http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/en/default.aspx?xyz=U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MDI46m9rUxJEpMO%2bi1s7kpUCJAOCmkuANHAw4hZmBfvroNRPUg674n1eS5jkn4zwYoyouQZCF%2f4vwOPvQYDFJxXs9SQFm7ZDq6S6pGs6%2f7DpNXKnaPU1QxG%2bRb5CHgk%3d> 
on August 2, joining Ayman Sharawna, who is also protesting his 
re-arrest swiftly after being released in the prisoner exchange of 
October 2011.

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