Campaign to support Hunger Strike of Palestinian Prisoners

Campaign to support Hunger Strike of Palestinian Prisoners

London, 3 October 2011

As Israeli military measures are escalating against Palestinian prisoners, moves are taking place in prisoners to resist the illegal Israel practices. A hunger strike has been staged across Israeli prisons which illegally keep thousands of Palestinian prisoners.

Late in September, Palestinian Prisoners and detainees started an open hunger strike to demand an end to the ever increasing humiliating and degrading treatment at the hands of Israel’s prisons services (IPS). The move of the prisoners is sweeping a number of prisons across the occupied territories where Israel is imposing a blackout what’s going on. The hunger strike also aims at paying the world’s attention to the ongoing violation of human rights against Palestinian political prisoners held in Israeli prisons. Additionally, it is to expose Israel practices of arbitrary administrative detention, torture, abuse, isolation and solitary confinement.

More importantly, the Palestinian vivid democracy is being targeted by the Israel. Palestinian political leaders and Parliament members have been subjected to isolation as well as thousands of Palestinian hostages including child and woman prisoners.

In contradiction of basic Human laws, Israeli authorities neglect the suffering of prisoners which results in them having chronic diseases and medical problems. Such crisis is not even challenged by Israel as it doesn’t even provide sufficient health care or enough medications.

Prisoners are calling for the release of prisoners from isolation cells, some of whom have been kept in isolation units for ten years. They also aim at the ending collective punishment against them including the shackling of hands and feet when family and lawyers visit.

There are currently approximately 7,000 Palestinians in Israeli jails, including women, children and elected politicians. Many of them are held for long periods without charge, denying families their breadwinners. UFree call on Human Rights Organizations to immediately interfere and protect the prisoners. The organizations assert that prisoners should have their basic human rights as enshrined by all human accords especially those which deals with prisoners.

UFree is preparing to launch a mass campaign to NGOs, politicians and MPs and an online petition in support of the hunger strike. The campaign also aims at familiarizing the European mainstream about the suffering of the Palestinian prisoners.

UFree is an independent European-wide human rights network; set up to defend the rights of Palestinian prisoners and detainees " Without freedom, no one really has a name " Milton Acorda

For more information and to join our campaign please visit: www.ufree-p.net

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