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<h1 class="article-title">Amidst Serious Israeli Escalation, Detainees
Start Hunger Strike</h1>
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<span class="article-details"><span class="article-detail"><img
class="icon" src="cid:part1.05020805.04040005@freedomarchives.org"
alt="author"> Saturday January 11, 2014 22:42</span><span
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src="cid:part2.01090000.02020207@freedomarchives.org" alt="author"> by
Saed Bannoura<br>
<b><small><small><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.imemc.org/article/66733">http://www.imemc.org/article/66733</a></small></small></b><br>
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[Saturday January 11, 2014] The Palestinian Ministry of Detainees has
reported that Palestinian political prisoners held at the Israeli
detention facility ‘Ramon’ started a hunger strike to protest the
latest serious Israeli assaults carried out against them.
<p class="article"> Rami Al-‘Alami, a lawyer of the Palestinian
Ministry of Detainees, said that the situation at the Ramon Israeli
prison could lead to confrontations, especially after four units of the
military have continued their assaults against the detainees for the
third week in a row. <br>
<br>
The soldiers, accompanied by military dogs, broke into the cells of the
detainees, violently searching them.<br>
<br>
The Ministry said that the detainees discovered that there are <a
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in the walls of their rooms, and protested against this serious
violation of their rights. <br>
<br>
Detainee Abdul-Salam Shokry said that, after the detainees found the <span
class="skimwords-potential">hidden cameras</span><span
style="position: absolute;"></span><span style="position: absolute;"></span>
and protested the violation, the Prison Administration and the Israeli
Security Agency decided to attack the detainees and retrieve the
cameras. <br>
<br>
Shokry added that the soldiers caused excessive damage to the
detainees’ property, broke their electrical equipment and forced the
detainees into solitary confinement, in another section, after cuffing
them and forcing them to undergo a strip search. <br>
<br>
The issue led to clashes between the detainees and the soldiers, who
also attacked and struck several detainees, including Kamal Abu Shanab,
Yousef Barghouthi, Ibrahim Ziyada and Ahmad Ka’abna. <br>
<br>
The prison administration also decided to move the representative of
the detainees, Kamal Rajoub, into solitary confinement. <br>
<br>
Shokry said that the situation at Ramon prison could deteriorate even
more and lead to clashes, should the army and the prison administration
continue these violations and assaults. <br>
<br>
He said that the detainees started a gradual hunger strike on Saturday,
a strike that could lead to an ongoing hunger strike by the detainees,
and added that the detainees filed 49 appeals against the Israeli
violations.<br>
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<h2 class="post-title"
style="margin: 0pt; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-size: 20px;"><a
href="http://samidoun.ca/2014/01/former-hunger-striker-imad-batran-seized-again-by-occupation-forces/"
style="color: rgb(37, 133, 178); text-decoration: none ! important;">Former
hunger striker Imad Batran seized again by occupation forces</a></h2>
<span style="color: rgb(136, 136, 136);">by <a
href="http://samidoun.ca/?author=1"
style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(136, 136, 136) ! important;">samidoun</a><br>
<b><small><small><small><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://samidoun.ca/2014/01/former-hunger-striker-imad-batran-seized-again-by-occupation-forces/">http://samidoun.ca/2014/01/former-hunger-striker-imad-batran-seized-again-by-occupation-forces/</a></small></small></small></b><br>
<br>
</span>
<p
style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">Former
Palestinian prisoner I<a
style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(37, 133, 178);"
href="http://samidoun.ca/2013/11/release-of-imad-batran-former-hunger-striker/">mad
Batran</a>,
who engaged in a 105-day hunger strike to protest administrative
detention without charge or trial before his release last November 14,
was seized once more by Israeli occupation forces on January 12.</p>
<p
style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">According
to
the Palestine Center for Prisoners Studies, military forces stormed
Batran's home in Ethna village near Khalil, beat him and took him
directly to Ashkelon prison.</p>
<p
style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">Amina
Tawil said that intelligence officers had threatened Batran a week<br>
ago with re-arrest when he was called to interrogation by occupation
military forces; she said that Batran had told his wife that he
intended to engage in a hunger strike again if returned to
administrative detention.</p>
<p
style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">Batran
had
been held for two years without charge or trial before his release
in November; he ended his hunger strike when occupation authorities
pledged to not renew his detention. His brothers are also held in
Israeli prisons: Tareq is serving a life sentence; his brother Mohammed
is being held without charge or trial in administrative detention in
Ashkelon.</p>
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