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Sunday 14 Dec 2014 - 15:28 Makkah mean time-22-2-1436  <div style="text-align: justify;"> Ramallah (IINA) – At least 30 Palestinian prisoners, held in Israeli jails, have joined an open-ended hunger strike in solidarity with fellow inmates protesting against their solitary confinement, bringing the number of hunger strikers to around 100, WAFA reported.<br /> On Wednesday, more than 70 political prisoners started an open-ended hunger strike against the practice of solitary confinement, as well as in support of sick prisoners whose heath conditions are continuously deteriorating due to medical negligence by the Israeli Prison Service.<br /> Since then, the authorities have decided to transfer 45 hunger strikers to other prisons, said the Palestinian Prisoner’s Club (PPC), an attempt believed to foil the hunger strike.<br /> Palestinian prisoners in solitary confinement are held in foul-smelling firmly sealed cells that lack the basic humanitarian requirements, where prisoners are forced to stay all the time in their cells with no contact with the outside world, with the exception of the prison keeper.<br /> Solitary confinement in Israeli prisons has been a frequent motif, besides administrative detention, for launching individual or mass hunger strikes.<br /> The number of sick prisoners detained in Israeli jails has reached 1,500, of whom 80 prisoners are suffering from serious health problems and do not receive the necessary treatment; they suffer from malignant diseases, paralysis, and disabilities, in addition to cases of mental illness and neurological disorder, according to the PPC.<br /> AB/IINA</div> |
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