EIGHT PRISONERS IN ISRAELI JAILS ON HUNGER STRIKE FOR NEARLY TWO WEEKS

Ramallah, 22 Dzulqa’dah 1436/6 September 2015 (MINA) – Eight Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails have been on open-ended hunger strike for about two weeks, according to the Palestinian Authority commission of prisoners.

Prisoner Ghassan Zawahera, who has been on hunger strike in Eshel jail since August 20, abstained from taking water as an escalation step against his arbitrary administrative detention, The Palestinian Information Center (PIC) quoted by Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA) as reporting.

Other seven prisoners in the jails of Ayalon, Ashkelon, and the Negev also started their hunger strike about two weeks ago.

The hunger strikers in these jails are Shadi Ma’ali, Nidal Abu Akar, Thabet Nassar, Bader al-Rizza, Munir Abu Sharar, Salman Sakkafi, and Bilal al-Saifi.

The commission appealed to legal and human rights groups to necessarily stand by the hunger strikers and support their battle for freedom.(T/P008/R03)

Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA)