Palestinian prisoners on Hunger Strike

Started by give her dixie, February 12, 2012, 04:43:53 PM

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Nally Stand

Just seen your post in reply to me now dixie. It's grand, I got up on the wrong side of the bed the other day. Again, fair play to you on all your work. I read your article from your website earlier today actually. Excellent.
"The island of saints & scholars...and gombeens & fuckin' arselickers" Christy Moore

glens abu

Quote from: give her dixie on February 25, 2012, 05:50:37 PM
I put together an article on Khader Adnan, his hunger strike, and the connections to the hunger strikes here in
1980/81.

It is a personal perspective and reflection back to that time 31 years ago.

"Khader and Bobby, 66 days seperated by 31 years"

http://gazatvnews.com/2012/02/khader-and-bobby-66-days-seperated-by-31-years/

Thats a great article Dixie and once again well done for all the tireless  work you did over the 66 days of Khader's hunger strike.

Evil Genius

Quote from: give her dixie on February 25, 2012, 05:50:37 PM
I put together an article on Khader Adnan, his hunger strike, and the connections to the hunger strikes here in
1980/81.

It is a personal perspective and reflection back to that time 31 years ago.

"Khader and Bobby, 66 days seperated by 31 years"

http://gazatvnews.com/2012/02/khader-and-bobby-66-days-seperated-by-31-years/
So we are to believe that Khader Adnan is "The West Bank's Bobby Sands"?

Well I for one sincerely hope not, since right now the last thing the Palestinians need is a ruthless fanatic who is prepared to commit suicide for a "cause" which will ultimately prove totally and utterly futile*.



* - Unless, of course, the purpose is to cause untold suffering and destruction.
"If you come in here again, you'd better bring guns"
"We don't need guns"
"Yes you fuckin' do"

give her dixie

Tonight, at midnight in Palestine, Khader Adnan was released from an Israeli concentration camp and returned to his family to incredible scenes of joy and celebration.

After 66 days on Hunger Strike, he struck a deal to be released today. It isn't often Israel is beat, but Khader beat them with his stomach, and can rightfully claim a victory.

Click on the following link for pictures, video, and news report of his homecoming.

http://www.facebook.com/GazaTVNews

Tonight, I am Khader Adnan.......

next stop, September 10, for number 4......

glens abu

Great news."It is not those who can inflict the most but those who can suffer the most who will conquer"

give her dixie

Late on Monday night, over 2,000 Palestinian prisoners called of their hunger strike after Israel agreed to their basic demands.  They had been on hunger strike from April 17th in what they called, "The battle of the empty stomachs".

The prisoners had embarked on their hunger strike following years of inhumane treatment in the prisons by Israel, and they had basic demands, that were eventually met.

In a written agreement, signed by the prisoners committee and Israeli officials, both parties agreed on the following:

1. There will be an end to the use of long-term isolation of prisoners for "security" reasons, and 19 prisoners will be moved out of isolation within 72 hours.

2. Family visits for first degree relatives to prisoners from the Gaza Strip and for families from the West Bank who have been denied visits based on vague "security reasons" will be reinstated within one month.

3. The Israeli intelligence agency guarantees that there will be a committee formed to facilitate meetings between the Israeli Prison Services and prisoners in order to improve their daily conditions.

4. There will be no new administrative detention orders or renewals of administrative detention orders for the 308 Palestinians currently in administrative detention, unless the secret files, upon which administrative detention is based, contains "very serious" information.

Five other prisoners been held on administrative detention, also agreed to end their hunger strike. They had been refusing food for over 2 months in protest at their detention without charge or trial. Bilal Diab and Thaer Halahleh, were on their 77th day when they called off their protest. Another one of the 5 men was Mahmoud Sarsak, a member of the Palestinian national football team who was kidnapped by Israel as he made his way from Gaza to the West Bank in 2009 to play in a match. For over 3 years he had been held without any charge, or trial.

Earlier this year, 2 other Palestinians had embarked on hunger strike in protest at been held under Administrative Detention. Khader Adnan had gone 66 days before calling off his protest when Israel agreed to release him. He was released on April 17th, the day his Detention order expired. Another, Hana Shalabi, ended her hunger strike after 43 days. She was released and exiled from her family and home in the West Bank to Gaza for 3 years.

Over the course of the past few months as the hunger strike went on, several former Irish hunger strikers from '80/'81, Tommy McKearney, Laurence McKeown, Pat Sheehan, and Ray McCartney sent messages of support to the prisoners and their families, and called on Israel to end it's cruel treatment and release the prisoners been held without charge.

In addition, family members of Francis Hughes, Ray McCreesh, Patsy O'Hara, Thomas McIlwee, and Mickey Devine, who died on hunger strike in 1981, also sent statements of support and solidarity.

Several others, including Eamon McCann, Michelle Gildernew, Danny Morrison and Bik McFarlane added their voices of support.

These messages were a source of inspiration to the prisoners, and upon his release, Khader Adnan singled out these voices from Ireland for special thanks in his appreciation of worldwide support for his release. Hana Shalabi also praised the messages of solidarity, and in a video message, sent her support to Marian Price, and called for her immediate release from her current internment in Hyde Bank Prison.

Once again, Israel has been exposed to the world as a state that ignores basic human rights, justice, and international law. For over 64 years their brutal and inhumane treatment of Palestinians, and illegal occupation of Palestinian lands continues with world leaders turning a blind eye, and in the case of the USA, funding them to the tune of $3 billion per year.

The time has come for them to step up to the plate and say "Enough Is Enough", and do all in their power to bring Israel to book, and stop this for good. They owe this much to the Palestinians, to humanity, human rights, and  justice.
next stop, September 10, for number 4......

seafoid

I expect Israel to renege on the deal over some "security" bullshit . The history of settler colonialism is written in broken treaties.
The treaty of limerick didn't even last 10 years. the US broke every treaty it signed with the native Americans. Israel is no different.   
"f**k it, just score"- Donaghy   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbxG2WwVRjU

give her dixie

GENEVA (13 February 2013) – United Nations Special Rapporteur Richard Falk today called for the immediate release of three Palestinian detainees held without charges by Israel.

Mr. Falk expressed deep concern for the fate of Tarek Qa'adan and Jafar Azzidine, who are on their 78th day of hunger strike, and Samer Al-Issawi, who has been on partial hunger strike for over 200 days.

"Continuing to hold Mr. Qa'adan, Mr Azzidine and Mr. Al-Issawi under these conditions is inhumane. Israel is responsible for any permanent harm," warned the independent expert designated by the Human Rights Council to monitor and report on Israeli rights violations in Palestine. "If Israeli officials cannot present evidence to support charges against these men, then they must be released immediately."

"Mr. Qa'adan and Mr. Azzidine are reportedly on the verge of death, with the threat of a fatal heart attack looming," the expert noted, recalling that both men were arrested on 22 November 2012 and began their hunger strikes on 28 November, after being sentenced to administrative detention for a period of three months. They were transferred to Assaf Harofi Hospital near Tel Aviv on 24 January 2013 after their conditions deteriorated sharply.

This is the second time that Mr. Azzidine and Mr. Qa'adan have undertaken hunger strikes against administrative detention, since they took part in the mass hunger strike of Palestinians from 17 April to 14 May 2012. Mr. Qa'adan had been released after 15 months of detention on 8 July 2012 and Mr. Azzidine had been released on 19 June 2012 after three months of detention, before being re-arrested.

"Israel must end the appalling and unlawful treatment of Palestinian detainees. The international community must react with a sense of urgency and use whatever leverage it possesses to end Israel's abusive reliance on administrative detention," urged the Special Rapporteur.

Mr. Falk noted that Israel currently holds at least 178 Palestinians in administrative detention.

http://richardfalk.wordpress.com/2013/02/13/urgent-un-press-statement-release-palestinian-hunger-strikers-now/
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give her dixie

Health of hunger-striking Palestinian detainees in Israel worsens

Palestinian and Israeli human rights groups appealed to the European Union's top foreign policy official on Sunday to try to broker a solution to the problem of hunger-striking Palestinians under administrative detention in Israel.

The appeal to Catherine Ashton is part of a broader effort by the organizations and the Palestinian Ministry of Prisoners' Affairs to generate international pressure on Israel over this issue.

According to a statement put out by the organizations, some 125 administrative detainees have been on hunger strike for the last five weeks, and most are in a life-threatening state. Yet so far, Israeli authorities appear to have no intention of conducting real negotiations with the strikers, the statement said.

The strikers include Palestinian parliamentarians, academics and political activists, some of whom have spent years behind bars without a trial, the statement added.

Sources in the Palestinian Prisoners Club expressed great concern on Sunday over the detainees' deteriorating condition, saying that 78 have already been hospitalized. All are being nourished only on water and vitamins, and some are even refusing the vitamins, making do with only salt or sugar in addition to water, they said.

Aside from the administrative detainees, dozens of Palestinian convicts serving time in Israel have joined the hunger strike as a sign of solidarity.

According to the Israel Prison Service, which gave slightly different figures than the Palestinians, 290 Palestinians are striking altogether, including about 100 administrative detainees. All are under medical supervision, and 70 have been hospitalized, it said.

Lawyers who have met with some of the hunger strikers in recent days said they have no intention of abandoning the strike, even if it kills them.

The strikers are demanding that Israel end the practice of administrative detention, or imprisonment without trial, and either release the detainees or charge them.

Prisoners Club activists told Haaretz that despite the lengthy strike, no real negotiations have yet taken place.

"All that's happened have been meetings between Prison Service officers and the detainees' leadership," said one. "But the officers made it clear they have no mandate to conduct official negotiations."

The activists noted that both the Prison Service and other Israeli security agencies say they have no authority to abolish the practice of administrative detention even if they wanted to, since that would require legislation, and therefore can't negotiate over the detainees' demands.

"The widespread feeling now is that both sides have climbed a tall tree – on one hand the prisoners, who are demanding the abolition of administrative detention, and on the other the state agencies, which are refusing to negotiate with the detainees," said a source who visits the detainees often.

Nevertheless, he said, efforts have been underway for the last few days to craft a more moderate demand: that administrative detentions not last longer than six months in general, and that there be clear criteria for extending this period.

Attorney Jawad Boulos, the Prisoners Club's legal advisor, told Haaretz that after a hunger strike lasting five weeks, in which dozens of detainees have already shed a quarter of their weight and are in danger of dying, the time has come for Israel to authorize someone to conduct real negotiations with them.

"We're in an intolerable situation, in which dozens of prisoners have lost their freedom and some have been in detention for years without being granted a fair trial," he said. "You have to understand that these prisoners have reached a point from which there is no return, and the Israeli authorities must understand that these are reasonable demands by people who seek the right to a fair trial."

Sunday night, the Prisoners Club announced that one hunger striker had been released and transferred to the Nablus hospital.

http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/.premium-1.596697
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give her dixie

Israeli hospital doctors say they will force-feed shackled Palestinian hunger strikers

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Tue, 06/10/2014 - 22:14

Doctors at Kaplan Hospital, one of nine Israeli civilian hospitals where approximately 80 Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike have been transferred, have "threatened to force-feed the administrative detainees on hunger strike in case of loss of consciousness," the rights group Addameer reported yesterday. Meanwhile, a bill that would allow doctors to force-feed hunger striking prisoners passed its first vote in Israel's parliament, the Knesset, today.

The hunger strike — the longest in Palestinian history, according to Addameer — was launched on 24 April by 120 Palestinians arbitrarily held by Israel without charge or trial, a widely condemned practice known as administrative detention. According to Reuters, the number of prisoners participating in the hunger strike has risen to approximately three hundred.

Hospitalized prisoners told Addameer's lawyers that the doctors threatened to "introduce food to the body through the nose into the stomach without taking consent, after shackling [them]."

Prisoners described to Addameer the cruel treatment to which they are being subjected in the hospitals:

The hunger strikers in hospitals are shackled to their bed by hands and legs for 12 hours a day, and bound by one leg for the remaining 12 hours. They are required to seek permission from the guards to use the restroom, and are not allowed to use it at night. Due to their constant shackling, the detainees are forbidden from walking in the rooms, despite the recommendation from the Ministry of Health to do so to keep their blood circulating.

The hunger strikers also testify to the ill-treatment of the medical staff in both the hospitals and the prison clinics. The doctors refuse to fully disclose the contents of the supplements they give to the strikers, making the hunger strikers fearful of taking any supplements that will result in them unintentionally breaking their strike. The absence of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), whose role is to monitor the health of the detainees and provide them with the advice and counseling on the supplements and vitamins given to them, has allowed for this continued negligence of the hunger strikers.

Additionally, they continue to be banned from yard time, suffer from continued transfers to prisons and hospitals, and systematically denied lawyers visits.

The lives of the hunger strikers are in danger, Addameer adds, "as their core muscles are now deteriorating and the body fat has disappeared from their bodies. Some of them were told by the doctors that they can suffer from a heart attack or stroke at any moment. Some are suffering from intestinal bleeding, vomiting blood and fainting in addition to significant loss of weight and decrease in heart rate and decrease in blood sugar."

Knesset votes to force-feed strikers

Meanwhile, a bill which would enable the force-feeding of hunger striking prisoners with a court order passed its first hurdle in the Knesset today. Today's vote is the first of four needed before the bill becomes law, Reuters reported. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pledged to expedite the passing of the legislation.

Reuters adds:

Qadoura Fares, chairman of the Palestinian Prisoners Society, which advocates on behalf of Palestinians in Israeli custody, said the strike would continue and that the proposed law "will not break the will of prisoners."

He said "forced feeding could kill prisoners," citing the deaths in 1980 of two Palestinian prisoners whom he said died in an attempt to force-feed them during a hunger strike.

The IMA [Israel Medical Association] says "forced medical treatment, including force-feeding is forbidden," and that implementing such a measure would violate internationally accepted medical ethics.

However, as was reported on this blog last week, Israeli medical professionals have long colluded in the widespread and routine torture of Palestinians in Israeli prisons and detention centers.

More than 5,000 Palestinians, including almost 200 children, were in Israeli detention as of 1 May, according to Addameer.

http://electronicintifada.net/blogs/maureen-clare-murphy/israeli-hospital-doctors-say-they-will-force-feed-shackled-palestinian
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seafoid


However, as was reported on this blog last week, Israeli medical professionals have long colluded in the widespread and routine torture of Palestinians in Israeli prisons and detention centers.

Force feeding :
http://www.theguardian.com/world/shortcuts/2013/jul/09/yasiin-bey-force-fed-guantanomo-bay-mos-def

in the name of the light unto the nations
"f**k it, just score"- Donaghy   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbxG2WwVRjU

give her dixie

Quote from: seafoid on June 11, 2014, 09:01:02 AM

However, as was reported on this blog last week, Israeli medical professionals have long colluded in the widespread and routine torture of Palestinians in Israeli prisons and detention centers.

Force feeding :
http://www.theguardian.com/world/shortcuts/2013/jul/09/yasiin-bey-force-fed-guantanomo-bay-mos-def

in the name of the light unto the nations

I watched that video a short time back and it was stomach churning.

What those brave men go through on a daily basis in Guantanamo is beyond belief.

As Israel said the other day, "If the US can force feed POW's, then why can't we?"
next stop, September 10, for number 4......

seafoid

Quote from: give her dixie on June 11, 2014, 11:50:35 AM
Quote from: seafoid on June 11, 2014, 09:01:02 AM

However, as was reported on this blog last week, Israeli medical professionals have long colluded in the widespread and routine torture of Palestinians in Israeli prisons and detention centers.

Force feeding :
http://www.theguardian.com/world/shortcuts/2013/jul/09/yasiin-bey-force-fed-guantanomo-bay-mos-def

in the name of the light unto the nations

I watched that video a short time back and it was stomach churning.

What those brave men go through on a daily basis in Guantanamo is beyond belief.

As Israel said the other day, "If the US can force feed POW's, then why can't we?"

Israel is supposed to be the pinnacle of human experience
"f**k it, just score"- Donaghy   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbxG2WwVRjU

give her dixie

Urgent call from administrative detainees on hunger strike:
Our will as we await martyrdom


The following statement was released on June 11 from Palestinian administrative detainees on hunger strike for 48 days inside occupation prisons. It was read in a press conference in Gaza by former Palestinian prisoner Allam al-Kaabi, and will be read on June 12 in Beirut by Anwar Yassin, former Lebanese prisoner in occupation prisons during the occupation of Lebanon.

A message from the Administrative Prisoners on Hunger Strike

Urgent Appeal (Despite the oppression and bars and prison walls...we will struggle until death to defend our homeland)

After leaving the cells that no longer hold our pain, our diseases and our corroded bodies...taken to hospital beds held with chains, and guard dogs...Among the jailers who monitor our pulse ready to announce the news of our death...from the brink of death we draw our call, which may be the last for some of us...perhaps it is time to have a declaration by the victors, of the martyrs of our people, our dignity...our call...our voice...our heartbeats...our will and testament, we, the administrative detainees, our voice for eternity..marching to hold the sun of dignity as an end to the battle of dignity..we raise our voice to reach our people:

First, we call upon you to intensify your support to the prisoners who are not yet martyred; the soldiers who are confronting with their bodies with the fascist enemy deserve a faithful stand that will end the shedding of our blood which will not end until the achievement of our just demands.

Second, despite the pain of hunger, which has destroyed some of the parts of our bodies, but the reast of our bodies remain vital despite the death that awaits us, and in a continuation of sacrificies that will not end with death, we donate our useful organs for all those in need, the strugglers, the poor and the oppressed, and we are waiting to visit the Red Cross to sign off on these donations.

Third, we call upon you to be faithful to our blood and the blood of the martyrs who have fallen before, faithful not by passing words but by revolutionary actions that do not know hesitation or weakness;

Fourth, we adhere to our historical rights, our rights to the soil of Palestine from the river to the sea; our rights are just and historical and the right of return is the historical and necessary bridge to our rights, and these rights cannot be recovered without the language of force as our enemy does not understand any other;

Fifth, do not fail the living prisoners who we are leaving behind. Those who have sacrificed their freedom for the freedom of their people deserve freedom and not death

Our great people, in the homeland and in diaspora, free people of the world and strugglers will hear our cry, despite the darkness of the graves of death, we pledge to the world that our people remain committed and we bid you farewell and victory, smiling...martyrs, until further notice.

Prisoners on hunger strike since 48 days



http://samidoun.ca/2014/06/urgent-call-from-administrative-detainees-on-hunger-strike-our-will-as-we-await-martyrdom/
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