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April 17, 2012

Palestinian Prisoners Launch Massive Hunger Strike in Israeli Jails 
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Some 1,200 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails have reportedly begun
an open-ended hunger strike. An additional 2,300 declared they would not
eat for one day as Palestinians mark Prisoners’ Day. The Israeli
newspaper Haaretz reports the hunger strikers are protesting against
what they call "humiliating" measures in Israeli prisons, including
strip searches of visiting family members and night searches of prison
cells, as well as the jailing of many prisoners without trial. Several
Palestinians are already on extended hunger strikes including Tair
Halala and Balal Diab who have not eaten for 48 days. Khader Adnan, a
Palestinian who ended a 66-day hunger strike in February, is due to be
released from prison today.

 

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