Two Palestinian Prisoners on Hunger Strike for Over 40 Days

Date: 12 May 2019 - 21:14

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WEST BANK (Dispatches) –  Two Palestinian prisoners held in the Zionist regime’s detention, without a charge or trial, completed today 41 days of hunger strike on Sunday protesting their unfair detention, said the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS).
Odeh Hroub, 32, from Deir Samet village in the al-Khalil district in the south of the West Bank and a father of 10, was detained in December, and Hasan Awawi, 35, a father of three also from al-Khalil, was arrested on January 15 of this year. Both have been on hunger strike for 41 days demanding an end to their administrative detention.
The PPS said the Zionist regime’s Prison Service has attempted to break their strike by moving them from one prison to another hoping to fatigue them.
The two prisoners are suffering from severe headaches, poor eyesight and continuous vomiting as a result of their hunger strike, added the PPS.
Palestinians held in so-called administrative detention without charge or trial and on secret evidence often resort to hunger strike to secure their freedom after the Zionist regime automatically renews their detention every six months for an indefinite period.