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Palestinian detainees declare a one day hunger strike

author Friday November 30, 2007 16:12author by Najeeb Farraj - IMEMC News Report this post to the editors

Palestinian prisoners in Israeli detention centers carried out a one day hunger strike on Friday.

The strike was in commemoration of the killing of Mohammad al Ashqar following an Israeli army attack on Palestinian prisoners in the Negev dentition facility last month. One prisoner was killed and 250 were injured in the incident.

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Issa Qaraqe', head of the prisoners' committee of the Palestinian Legislative Council confirmed that the strike took place in all Israeli detention centers and prisons in which 11,000 Palestinians are jailed.  

 Reports that were leaked from inside the prisons confirmed the horrific conditions in which the Palestinian detainees live. Problems include a severe shortage of basic needs as well as physical punishment, confinement and body searching

There was also a financial crisis when the Israeli prison authorities denied the prisoners access to money for over six months.

Translated by Manar Jibrin-IMEMC News

category israel | prisoners | news report author email manarjibrin at gmail dot com

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