RAMALLAH   6/29/2021 Wafa - Dozens of citizens participated in the weekly sit-in in front of the headquarters of the International Committee of the Red Cross in the city of Al-BEERA attribution to the striking and sick detainees in the Israeli occupation  prisons.

Pictures of sick and detainees on hunger strike were carried by the participants in the sit-in calling for immediate action to release sick prisoners and to end the policy of administrative detention.

Fatah movement, the Commission of Detainees' Affairs, the Supreme commission of detainees affairs and the Palestinian' Society prisoner's club each of them called to organize the stand In support of the demand of the detainees (Ghdanfar Abu Atwan), who has been on a hunger strike for 56 days in protest against administrative detention, and the sick prisoner (Eyed Haribat) and the rest of the sick detainees in the occupation prisons who are subjected to continuous medical crimes.

The head of the Commission of Detainees' Affairs, (Qadri Abu Bakr), confirmed that the critical health condition of the detainee, (Ghadanfar Abu Atwan) is a result of his hunger about two months ago, which requires  urgent intervention from the international community and international human rights institutions, in order to compel the Israeli authorities to drop the administrative detention on him.

 He added to "Wafa", that the Supreme Occupation Court issued a decision last Thursday to freeze the administrative detention order against the detainee (Abu Atwan), at the request of the Military Prosecution, According to medical reports issued by the Israeli "Kaplan" hospital, which indicate that there is a real danger to the detainee's life.

He also pointed out that the decision to freeze the administrative detention constitutes a circumvention of the demands of Ghadanfar, who fought the battle of the" empty intestines" in pursuit of freedom, The freezing enables the occupation authorities and the military governor to restore the administrative sentence to the prisoner after his hunger strike was ended, his health condition improved, and he was released from the hospital.

 

Abu Baker referred to a meeting held with ambassadors, diplomats and representatives of foreign countries, in which the commission called for a national intervention to force Israel release the detainees who are on hunger strike, in addition to sick detainees, including Iyad Hrebat and Muwafaq Erouq.

The detainee Hrebat in currently held at Soroka Hospital in bad health condition, where he suffers from bacteria in his body and weakness in the lung. He was subjected to medical ignorance since he got problems in the nerves after arresting him in 2002.

Another case in point is the detainee Muwafaq Erouq (78 years). He has a difficult health condition and he is currently held at Ashkelon prison. He has cancer in the liver and stomach, and also he has problems in the lungs and vomits every day, in addition to the continuous fatigue and pains all over his body.