Khader Adnan, a Prisoner on Hunger Srike for 54 Days, His Third Since 2012

Ramallah, MINA — Khader Adnan, a Palestinian prisoner held in Israel, has been on an open-ended hunger strike for 54 days, his third since 2012, in rejection of charges against him since his detention on 11 December 2017, WAFA reported, citing the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) on Thursday.

It said in a statement that Adnan’s health has seriously deteriorated after he stopped taking supplements that would help him survive the long fast and accept medical examination. He has begun to show serious symptoms such as vomiting blood.

Adnan, 40, from Arrabeh village in the Jenin district in the north of the West Bank, told his lawyers and visitors that he went on hunger strike to obtain his freedom.

Since the beginning of his the strike, Adnan has been subjected to abusive measures, said the PPS. He has been isolated, moved from one detention center to another, deprived of visitation and held in harsh prison conditions.

The Israeli military court in Salem postponed this week a hearing on his case until October 29.

Adnan’s first hunger strike against his detention was in 2012 when his strike lasted for 66 days to protest his administrative detention without charge or trial, as well as in 2015, which lasted for 54 days. In both strikes he was able to shorten his detention and regain his freedom.

He is married and is the father of seven children, the oldest of whom is 10 years old and the youngest, Maryam, is 18 months. (T/RS5/RS1)

Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA)