A group of students at Yale University have launched a hunger strike in protest against the academy’s connection to an American arms manufacturer that contribute to Israeli regime amid its ongoing killing campaign of Palestinian civilians in Gaza Strip.
Detainees Kayed al-Fasfous and Sultan Khlouf have been on hunger strike for 39 days, while detainee Maher al-Akhras has been on hunger strike for 19 days, all in protest of their detention without charges or trial.
In a statement, the Palestinian Prisoner Society said the strike aims to pile pressure on the Israeli prison authorities to reverse restrictions against the detainees.
The Sunni Muslim Al Khalifa dynasty has largely kept a lid on dissent since Riyadh sent troops to help it crush an “Arab Spring” uprising in 2011 by the mostly Shia opposition, and the hunger strike is the biggest organised protest in years.
PPS said detainees Kayed al-Fasfous and Sultan Khlouf have been on hunger strike for 24 days. Another detainee, Osama Darkouk, has been on hunger strike for 20 days. Meantime, four other detainees have been on hunger strike for 17 days. The four detainees are: Mohammad Taysir Zakarneh, Anas Kmail, Abdelrahman Baraka and Zuhdi Abdo.
Detainees Kayed al-Fasfous and Sultan Khlouf have been on hunger strike for 18 days. Another detainee, Osama Darkouk, has been on hunger strike for 14 days. Meantime, six other detainees have been on hunger strike for 11 days. The six detainees are: Hadi Nazzal, Mohammad Taysir Zakarneh, Anas Kmail, Abdelrahman Baraka, Mohammad Basem Ikhmis, and Zuhdi ...
Bahraini protesters have taken to the streets in the capital Manama to show solidarity with the hunger striking prisoners at Jau Prison calling for immediate release of the inmates from Al Khalifa jails.
The Director of the Palestinian Prisoners Information Office, Ahmed Al-Qudra, called on the revolutionary Palestinian youth in the West Bank to "ignite points of confrontation with the Zionist regime occupation," on Friday in protest against the brutal attack against Palestinian prisoners.
PPS said detainees Seif Hamdan, Saleh Rabaya, Qusai Khader and Osama Ikhlil have been on hunger strike for 14 days, while Kayed al-Fasfous and Sultan Khlouf have been on hunger strike for 10 days.
The PLO's Commission of Palestinian Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs yesterday called out the Israeli occupation authorities on the collective punishment and arbitrary measures imposed by the Israeli Prison Services (IPS) against Palestinian prisoners and detainees.
Thousands of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails have planned a one-day hunger strike to demand release of long-term prisoner and also condemn repressive measures by the regime forces.
Two experts from the United Nations have denounced the death in jail of the Palestinian prisoner Khader Adnan and called for Israeli regime to be held accountable for his death following 86 days of hunger strike.
A spokesman of the Islamic Jihad movement said Sheikh Adnan was the voice of oppressed Palestinian nation and prisoners suffering from the illegal and brutal crimes by occupying Israeli regime.
Palestinian resistance movements have condemned the death of hunger striking inmate in Israeli jails and vowing that Tel Aviv regime will pay for the crime it committed against the late resistance leader.
An Israeli court has refused to release Palestinian prisoner Khader Adnan following 78 days of hunger strike in protest to his administrative detention.
A number of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails have begun hunger strike to protest against intensifying orders by far-right Israeli minister Itmar Ben Gvir.