[Pnews] Emergency Call to Action - May 30-31 - Support Palestinian Political Prisoners on Hunger Strike

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    EMERGENCY CALL TO ACTION: MAY 30-31, 2014 + ACT FOR PALESTINIAN
    PRISONERS ON HUNGER STRIKE!
    <http://samidoun.ca/2014/05/emergency-call-to-action-may-30-31-2014-act-for-palestinian-prisoners-on-hunger-strike/>

by samidoun <http://samidoun.ca/?author=1>

*Demand an end to administrative detention*!

*samidoun.ca/2014/05/emergency-call-to-action-may-30-31-2014-act-for-palestinian-prisoners-on-hunger-strike/*

For the past 34 days, an increasing number of Palestinian political 
prisoners - beginning with 90 administrative detainees, held without 
charge or trial - have been on hunger strike, consuming *only water and 
salt. There are now well over 200 striking political prisoners.* One 
hunger striker, Daoud Hamdan, held under administrative detention for 
over a year, has suffered a heart attack; increasing numbers have been 
taken to hospital.

*Their lives are on the line and face a growing threat daily. Why are 
they putting their bodies and lives on the line?* They are demanding an 
end to the practice and policy of *administrative detention,* in which 
Palestinians are held without charge or trial, on secret evidence to 
which even their lawyers are denied access.

*We need international attention to raise the profile of this hunger 
strike!* Palestinian prisoner support and grassroots organizations are 
*calling for a day of action on May 30 and 31 
<http://palestineintifada.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=156:2014-05-26-09-59-05&catid=6:2014-02-13-22-49-10&Itemid=18> 
*throughout Palestine and internationally in support of the prisoners. 
*Click here to download this new leaflet from Samidoun to use at your 
actions!* 
<http://samidoun.ca/site/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/End-Administrative-Detention.pdf>

*Administrative detention as used by Israel violates international law, 
namely the Fourth Geneva Convention.* It is used as a standard policy 
and practice, and administrative detention orders can be renewed 
repeatedly - and regularly are. People are held without charge or trial 
for years at a time.

The hunger strikers have faced punitive measures and serious repression: 
they have been denied family visits for four months after previous 
protests. All strikers were denied salt for the first fifteen days of 
the strike. Clothing, hygiene products, soap and personal belongings 
have been confiscated. Legal visits have been postponed, denied and 
obstructed.

They have repeatedly expressed their commitment to remain on strike 
until the policy of administrative detention ends. An increasing number 
of Palestinian prisoners are joining the strike - dozens more prisoners 
are expected to do so this week. 40 prisoners held in Ramon prison 
joined on Monday, May 26. All of this is taking place as over 5,200 
Palestinians are unjustly held as political prisoners in Israeli prisons 
- including Palestinian political leaders like Ahmad Sa'adat and Marwan 
Barghouthi - under military orders and as Israeli home demolitions, land 
confiscation, settlement-building and the denial of Palestinian 
refugees' right to return continues.

*The strikers are facing serious and long-term damage to their health if 
the strike continues.*

*Please join this important day of action, Friday May 30 and Saturday 
May 31!*

*What You Can Do:*

1. *Sign* the online petition demanding that Israel accept the hunger 
strikers' demands and end administrative detention. 
<http://samidoun.ca/2014/05/take-action-saadat-strikes-in-solidarity-as-administrative-detainees-near-1-month-of-hunger/#letter>

2. *Protest* at the Israeli consulate or embassy in your city 
<http://embassy.goabroad.com/embassies-of/israel>. *Sit-in, bring signs, 
leaflets and a Palestinian flag - demand an end to administrative 
detention.*

3. *Protest a complicit corporation in your city - such as G4S*, the 
global security company that provides surveillance and control systems 
<http://www.bdsmovement.net/activecamps/g4s> to the very prisons where 
hunger strikers are being abused.

4. *Distribute information* - use this new flyer 
<http://samidoun.ca/site/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/End-Administrative-Detention.pdf> 
- to support the prisoners and raise awareness.

5. *Demand your government officials* take a position and stop their 
complicity with Israeli violations of Palestinian rights and arbitrary 
and unlawful detention.

*Email us at samidoun at samidoun.ca <mailto:samidoun at samidoun.ca> and let 
us know what you are doing for May 30-31! Any action can help to make a 
difference. Please join in this important action!*

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