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<h1 id="reader-title">Palestinian hunger striker’s appeal
rejected; journalist on 53rd day of strike</h1>
<div id="reader-credits" class="credits">January 17, 2016</div>
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<p>Two Palestinian prisoners held in administrative
detention without charge or trial are continuing their
hunger strikes despite serious threats to their health:
<strong>Mohammed al-Qeeq</strong>, 33, is now on his
53rd day of hunger strike and <strong>Hassan Shokah,</strong>
27, is now on his 35th day of strike.</p>
<p>Journalist Al-Qeeq, a correspondent for Al-Majd
channel, has entered in and out of consciousness in the
past several days.</p>
<p>On 16 January, the Ofer military court <a
target="_blank"
href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/01/hunger-striking-palestinian-reporter-appeal-rejected-160117045853138.html">rejected
an appeal by Al-Qeeq</a> against his imprisonment
without charge. Issa Qaraqe, chair of the Palestinian
Detainees’ Affairs Committee, said that this underlines
the military courts’ responsibility for Al-Qeeq’s
dangerous health situation and that the court was acting
out of “revenge” against Al-Qeeq for his hunger strike,
noting that the military courts serve only to present a
legal facade for Israeli intelligence and military
repression.</p>
<p><a target="_blank"
href="http://samidoun.net/2016/01/take-action-50-days-of-hunger-strike-for-palestinian-journalist-mohammed-al-qeeq/">He
is held in Afula hospital</a>, where he is shackled to
his hospital bed and is facing increasing physical
danger after 53 days of strike. On Friday, Palestinian
citizens of Israel organized a protest outside Afula
hospital calling for Al-Qeeq’s release.</p>
<p>Doctors at Afula hospital delivered intravenous
nutrients against Al-Qeeq’s objection; when he regained
consciousness he removed the intravenous tube, rejecting
any form of nutrients or forced feeding. He has
previously been arrested three times and served over two
years in Israeli occupation prisons.</p>
<p>Shokah, 27, has also been held multiple times in
administrative detention without charge or trial. He is
being held in isolation in Jalameh prison, imprisoned
arbitrarily via military order since 16 September 2015.
He was denied winter clothing when transferred in a cold
metal van to Jalameh and then was denied winter blankets
within the prison.</p>
<p>Information contributed by Reham Alhelsi of <a
target="_blank"
href="http://avoicefrompalestine.wordpress.com">A
Voice from Palestine</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Take Action to support the Hunger Strikers:</strong></p>
<p><strong>1. Protest at the <a target="_blank"
href="http://embassy.goabroad.com/embassies-of/israel">Israeli
consulate or embassy in your area.</a></strong>
Bring posters and flyers about administrative detention
and Palestinian hunger strikers and hold a protest, or
join a protest with this important information. Hold a
community event or discussion, or include this issue in
your next event about Palestine and social
justice. Please email us at<a target="_blank"
href="mailto:samidoun@samidoun.net">samidoun@samidoun.net</a>
to inform us of your action – we will publicize and
share news with the prisoners. <strong><a
target="_blank"
href="http://samidoun.net/2016/01/22-january-nyc-protest-to-free-mohammed-al-qeeq-and-all-palestinian-prisoners/">Join
our protest in New York City on January 22.</a></strong></p>
<p><strong>2. Contact political officials in your country
– members of Parliament or Congress, or the
Ministry/Department of Foreign Affairs or State</strong>
– and demand that they cut aid and relations with Israel
on the basis of its apartheid practices, its practice of
colonialism, and its numerous violations of Palestinian
rights including the systematic practice of
administrative detention. Demand they pressure Israel to
free the hunger strikers and end administrative
detention.</p>
<p><strong>2. Boycott, Divest and Sanction.</strong> Hold
Israel accountable for its violations of international
law. Don’t buy Israeli goods, and campaign to end
investments in corporations that profit from the
occupation. <a target="_blank"
href="http://samidoun.net/2015/08/stop-g4s-a-call-to-the-global-boycott-movement-from-palestinian-political-prisoners/">G4S,
a global security corporation,</a> is heavily involved
in providing services to Israeli prisons that jail
Palestinian political prisoners – there is a <a
href="http://www.bdsmovement.net/activecamps/g4s">global
call to boycott it</a>. <a target="_blank"
href="http://samidoun.net/2015/08/stop-g4s-a-call-to-the-global-boycott-movement-from-palestinian-political-prisoners/"><strong>Palestinian
political prisoners have issued a specific call
urging action on G4S</strong>.</a> Learn more about
BDS at <a target="_blank" href="http://bdsmovement.net/">bdsmovement.net</a>.</p>
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