[Pnews] Palestine - Health Condition of Hunger Striking Prisoners Deteriorating

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  Health Condition of Hunger Striking Prisoners Deteriorating

Thursday March 13, 2014 20:06author by Chris Carlson
http://www.imemc.org/article/67250

Lawyer for the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said, after visiting 
a number of Israeli prisons, that the health condition of four 
Palestinian hunger striking prisoners has dramatically deteriorated due 
to both Israeli medical negligence and the fact that they have been on 
hunger strike for more than 63 days, the Palestinian Information Center 
reported.

(PNN) Hunger striker Muammar Banat's family told a PIC reporter that his 
health condition has been getting worse due to the Israeli medical 
negligence, calling for his immediate release.

The families of the hunger strikers Akram Fessissi, Amir Shamas, and 
Wahid Abu Maria said that they suffer acute health deterioration.

The Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) said that 12 Palestinian 
detainees have declared hunger strike in Israeli jails.

PPS said that Ofer prison administration pressured three of the hunger 
strikers to put an end to their protest steps.

Following his visit to Ofer prison, PPS lawyer said that Aref Harbiyat, 
30, and Ayman Etbaysh, 33, and Ahmed Abu Ras, 31, have continued their 
hunger strike since February 28, 2014, in protesting of their 
administrative detention.

Harbiyat told the PPS lawyer that he only drinks water and refuses to 
undergo any medical tests. Harbiyat said that he in currently suffering 
sharp pains all over his body.

Harbiyat said that the prison administration has deprived him of family 
visits for three months, as a punishment for his hunger strike. 
Furthermore, the hunger strikers are being held in a dirty room from 6 
am to 10 pm each daily, to pressure them to end their hunger strike, he 
clarified.

Etbaysh said that his own hunger strike came in protest over the Israeli 
authorities' reversal of its approval to implement the agreement 
achieved after his hunger strike which lasted for 105 days. He suffers 
from exhaustion and frequent fainting.

The hunger striker Abu Ras also suffers from frequent fainting and aches 
in his legs and stomach.

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