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<h1 id="reader-title">Four Palestinian prisoners on hunger
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October 30, 2017</div>
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<p>Several Palestinian prisoners are <a
href="http://asravoice.ps/post/8256/">continuing their
hunger strikes</a> for freedom as of Monday, 30
October. <a
href="http://samidoun.net/2017/10/bilal-diab-and-hassan-shokeh-continue-hunger-strikes-for-freedom/">Hassan
Shokeh</a>, 29, of Bethlehem, has been on hunger
strike for 20 days against his imprisonment without
charge or trial under Israeli administrative detention.</p>
<p>Shokeh was detained by occupation forces on 29
September, less than a month after he was released from
his prior imprisonment on 31 August. He has spent
several years in Israeli prison under administrative
detention and on charges of membership in Islamic Jihad.</p>
<p><a
href="http://samidoun.net/2017/10/two-palestinian-prisoners-on-hunger-strike-against-administrative-detention-bilal-diab-and-hassan-shokeh/">Bilal
Diab</a>, 32, from Kafr Ra’i near Jenin, has been on
hunger strike for 14 days against his own administrative
detention without charge or trial. Jailed since 14 July,
Diab has been repeatedly seized by the Israeli
occupation. He conducted a <a
href="http://samidoun.net/2012/05/bilal-diab-and-thaer-halahleh-on-77th-day-health-crisis-for-ahed-abu-ghoulmeh/">78-day
hunger strike</a> alongside fellow detainee Thaer
Halahleh in 2012 to win his freedom. His strike was
sparked after his appeal for his freedom was denied on
17 October; the next hearing in his case is scheduled on
30 November.</p>
<p>In addition, reports were released in the past day that
a third prisoner has also been on hunger strike for 14
days, Hamza Marwan Bouzia, 27, of Kifl Hares near
Salfit. A former prisoner who served over seven years in
Israeli prisons, he has also been subject to re-arrest
by occupation forces and ordered to administrative
detention without charge or trial.</p>
<p>Also joining the hunger strike is Mosab Said, 28, from
Bir Zeit, on hunger strike demanding his return to
Megiddo prison after he was transferred; he launched a
hunger strike five days ago, after Israeli occupation
authorities violated an agreement to transfer him. He
has been detained since 12 March and is a journalist and
media activist as well as a former prisoner.</p>
<p><a
href="http://www.maannews.net/Content.aspx?id=927604">Palestinian
lawyer Karim Ajwa</a> warned about the deterioration
of Diab’s health after a visit with the striking
prisoner, held in isolation in Ashkelon prison. Diab is
suffering from abdominal pain, joint pain and pain in
his ear and head; he is refusing medical examinations by
his jailers. He also told his lawyer that he was
transferred on Sunday from one cell to another with
worse conditions: a wet, torn mattress with one blanket,
a constant fan on the door that blows despite the cold,
and filthy conditions. He also noted that there are
daily “inspections” in which guards repeatedly invade
the cell in order to put more pressure on his strike.
Ajwa confirmed that Diab is dedicated to continuing his
hunger strike to win his freedom.</p>
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