Prominent Palestinian on Hunger Strike against Arrest

Issa Amro stands in front of the Youth Against Settlements centre in the Tel Rumeida neighbourhood in Hebron.

Jerusalem, MINA – A leading Palestinian activist known for advocating non-violent resistance in the occupied West Bank has gone on hunger strike to protest his arrest by Palestinian security forces, his group Youth Against Settlements announced Tuesday.

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Issa Amro is refusing food, water and medicine a day after he was arrested following his criticism of Palestinian forces’ detention of a journalist.

“Amro was arrested after being summoned for an interview regarding his criticism on social media of the Palestinian Authority’s arrest of journalist Ayman al-Qawasmi, director of the Freedom News Agency,” Anadou Agency reported, citing Youth Against Settlements in a statement.

Amro has been arrested on several previous occasions by Israeli authorities and is currently facing charges for incitement.

The arrests come as the Palestinian Authority faces criticism over a crackdown on criticism on social media, which has led to the arrests of several journalists in recent months. (T/RS5/RS1)

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Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA)

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