[Pnews] Palestinian prisoner on 30th day of hunger strike

[Prisoner News]

*Lawyer: Palestinian prisoner on 30th day of hunger strike*


April 11, 2016
*http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=771084*


BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) --Palestinian prisoner Eyad Fawaghra has been on an 
open hunger strike for 30 days to protest his solitary confinement and 
the suspension of family visits, the Palestinian Committee of Prisoners’ 
Affairs said on Monday.

Fawghra has refused to take painkillers or vitamins and plans to 
continue his strike until his demands are fulfilled, A lawyer for the 
Committee of Prisoners’ Affairs, Yousef al-Nasassra, said in a statement.

Fawghra, a resident of Bethlehem currently detained in the Israeli Eshel 
prison, has been in prison for 11 years serving a 27-year sentence.

“Fawghra is suffering from constant and chronic headaches, and Eshel 
prison services are trying to woo Fawaghra with medicine in attempt to 
get him to end his strike,” al-Nasassra said.

The lawyer warned that the prison had already begun to use punitive 
methods to end Fawaghra’s strike.

“All his personal belongings, including clothing and bed sheets, were 
taken from him and he is prevented from bathing,” he said. “They also 
search his room twice a day over unfounded excuses.”

Al-Nasassra called for “quick interference” by human rights organization 
to end Fawaghra’s solitary confinement.

At least three other Palestinian prisoners are currently carrying out 
hunger strikes to protest their administrative detention -- internment 
without charge or trial. They were identified as Sami al-Janazreh, who 
has been on hunger strike for 40 days, and Beit Liqya natives Adeeb 
Mafarja and Fouad al-Assi, who have been on hunger strike for nine days.

Rights groups have long criticized Israel for mistreatment of 
Palestinians in Israeli jails, as well as the illegality of their 
imprisonment. Addameer has documented extensive use of both solitary 
confinement and isolation by Israel's prison service, under 
circumstances the group says are violations of international law.

Many Palestinian prisoners face torture, denial of family visitation, 
and medical negligence.

On Thursday, Palestine Prisoners’ Center for Studies spokesman Riyad 
al-Ashqar said solitary confinement was being used by Israel against 
hunger-striking prisoners as a way to pressure them into ending their 
strike.

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