[Ppnews] Palestinian Prisoner Near Death - Day 91 of hunger strike

Mon Jul 9 11:31:45 EDT 2012

Palestinian Prisoner Near Death

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  Monday July 09, 2012 15:00
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 by Jack Muir
http://www.imemc.org/article/63869

Akram al-Rikhawi, who has now been on hunger strike for 91 days is 
unable to move his left leg and is at risk of dying, his lawyer and 
doctor both reported Monday.

Al-Rikhawi, who is married with eight children, was sentenced to 9 
years in prison by an Israeli military tribunal after being stopped 
by Israeli military forces near Rafa in 2004.

Since being imprisoned he has been denied access to his medication 
which has led to severe health complications.

Al-Rikhawi's lawyer also visited another Palestinian prisoner on 
hunger strike. Sami al-Barq has been imprisoned without charge for 2 
years. He has been on hunger strike for 48 days.

More than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners began a hunger strike in April 
to protest against illegal arrest procedures, poor prison conditions 
and administrative detention where Palestinians, including many 
children, can be held indefinitely without trial

The hunger strikes have received widespread international publicity 
and have served to highlight the treatment of Palestinians by the 
Israeli occupation forces. Israel's treatment of prisoners has been 
broadly condemned, with one UN expert saying he was "appalled" by the 
ongoing human rights violations in Israeli prisons. In all, 178 
decisions have been issued by the UN condemning Israel for its 
serious mistreatment of Palestinian prisoners since 1967.

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