Israeli Jailors Storm Prison Cells to Force End to Inmates' Hunger Strike
Israeli jailors stormed the wards of Palestinian prisoners in Ashkelon and confiscated their belongings on the first day of their hunger strike in an attempt to force the inmates to break their hunger strike, the Palestinian prisoners’ association said on Saturday.
Lawyers of the association quoted prisoners as saying that the jailors confiscated the prisoners’ personal belongings including all electric appliances.
Meanwhile, Fuad Al-Khafsh, the director of Ahrar center for human rights, told the PIC on Saturday that the Israeli prison service (IPS) was exploiting all means to quell the prisoners and foil their hunger strike.
He said that the IPS was moving many prisoners from one jail to another without informing lawyers and blocking visits by those lawyers as part of attempts to abort the hunger strike.
Khafsh said that more prisoners would join the strike on Tuesday and by May all Palestinian prisoners would join the strike.
Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners began the hunger strike on Tuesday, April 17, marking the Palestinian Prisoners Day.
The prisoners went on strike to protest their arrest and imprisonment without charge as well as solitary confinement enforced by the Tel Aviv regime.
On Tuesday, thousands of people held demonstrations across the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip to express solidarity with the prisoners.
According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics and prisoner advocacy groups, there are currently thousands of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, many of whom have been rounded up without charge or trial.
Source: Palestine Info
Meanwhile, Fuad Al-Khafsh, the director of Ahrar center for human rights, told the PIC on Saturday that the Israeli prison service (IPS) was exploiting all means to quell the prisoners and foil their hunger strike.
He said that the IPS was moving many prisoners from one jail to another without informing lawyers and blocking visits by those lawyers as part of attempts to abort the hunger strike.
Khafsh said that more prisoners would join the strike on Tuesday and by May all Palestinian prisoners would join the strike.
Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners began the hunger strike on Tuesday, April 17, marking the Palestinian Prisoners Day.
The prisoners went on strike to protest their arrest and imprisonment without charge as well as solitary confinement enforced by the Tel Aviv regime.
On Tuesday, thousands of people held demonstrations across the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip to express solidarity with the prisoners.
According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics and prisoner advocacy groups, there are currently thousands of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, many of whom have been rounded up without charge or trial.
Source: Palestine Info
