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<h1 id="reader-title">Hunger strikes continue against isolation
and administrative detention; 55 prisoners strike for Khawaja</h1>
<div id="reader-credits" class="credits">April 14, 2016<br>
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<p>Palestinian prisoner <a
href="http://samidoun.net/2016/04/isolated-palestinian-prisoner-shukri-khawaja-launches-hunger-strike/">Shukri
Khawaja</a>, who has been held in solitary confinement
for the past sixteen months, continued his hunger strike
against isolation. 55 Palestinian prisoners have also
continued hunger strikes in solidarity with Khawaja,
demanding an end to long-term solitary confinement,
while other prisoners are engaged in open hunger strikes
against their imprisonment without charge or trial under
Israeli administrative detention. These include Sami
Janazrah, now on his 44th day of hunger strike.</p>
<p>Despite <a target="_blank"
href="https://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=771124">earlier
reports</a> that Khawaja had ended his strike,
representatives of Asra Media <a target="_blank"
href="https://www.facebook.com/QudsN/posts/1146546128755620">denied
those reports</a> and confirmed that he was continuing
his hunger strike. In addition, Asra Media reported that
<a target="_blank"
href="http://asramedia.ps/post/12558/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B9-%D8%B9%D8%AF%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B3%D8%B1%D9%89-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B6%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%B6%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%B9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%A7-%D9%84%D9%80-55-%D8%A3%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7">there
are now 55 prisoners on solidarity strikes</a> in
support of Khawaja, including 20 prisoners from Gilboa
and Megiddo who joined the strike on Thursday. <a
target="_blank"
href="https://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=771124">15
of the strikers</a>, in Ofer prison, are Muhammad
Nasser, Muhammad Adawin, Muhammad Kifaya, Islam Hamed,
Rajab Mteir, Muhammad Mteir, Hamed Abdo, Amjad Abu Alya,
Numan Makhtub, Sharhabil Atta, Hasan Hamdan, Amir Saad,
Ali Yaqoub, Jad Yaqoub, and Mreiteh Shreiteh.</p>
<p>Janazrah, now on his 44th day of hunger strike, <a
target="_blank"
href="https://www.facebook.com/ppsmo/posts/1059576420773723">remains
held in solitary confinement</a> in the Naqab desert
prison; he has difficulty walking and serious weight
loss, yet he remains held in the regular prison area and
not hospitalized. He is held under administrative
detention without charge or trial following his arrest
by Israeli occupation forces on 15 November 2015; all of
his appeals against his arbitrary detention have been
rejected. He is scheduled to have a hearing before the
Israeli high court on 16 May.</p>
<p><a
href="http://samidoun.net/2016/04/palestinian-prisoner-eyad-fawaghra-on-hunger-strike-for-30-days-demanding-family-visits/">Eyad
Fawaghra</a> is continuing his hunger strike for the
32nd day against the denial of family visits. Adib
Mafarjah and Fouad Assi, also held under administrative
detention without charge or trial, are on their 13th day
of hunger strike. Mafarjah was moved to solitary
confinement in Ela prison in Beersheva under very harsh
conditions. His wife told the <a target="_blank"
href="http://asrapal.net/index.php?action=detail&id=7990">Palestinian
Prisoners’ Center for Studies</a> that Mafarjah is
denied pillows and has insufficient protection from
cold, but that he is determined to continue his strike
because “food is not more precious than freedom.”
Meanwhile, Assi’s wife said that she has been denied <a
target="_blank"
href="http://asravoice.ps/post/2876/%D8%B2%D9%88%D8%AC%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B6%D8%B1%D8%A8-%D9%81%D8%A4%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B5%D9%8A-%D9%84%D8%A7-%D9%85%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%B9%D9%86-%D8%B2%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%8A-%D8%AD%D8%AA%D9%89-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%B8%D8%A9">any
kind of contact</a> or information about the situation
of her husband, reaffirming that “freedom is his only
demand.”</p>
<p>Two more Palestinian prisoners, Abdel-Rahim Sawayfeh
and Mohammed Daoud, <a target="_blank"
href="http://asravoice.ps/post/2873/%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AC%D8%B2-%D8%A3%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B3%D8%B1%D9%89-%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%B1-%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B3%D8%B1%D9%89">ended
their hunger strikes</a> on Thursday, 14 April,
following agreements in their cases; Sawayfeh was
striking against administrative detention without charge
or trial, while Daoud protested the reimposition of his
earlier sentence after an arbitrary re-arrest.</p>
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