29.09.2011, 11:58
Tausende palästinensische Häftlinge haben in israelischen "Gefängnissen" kollektiv einen Hungerstreik begonnen, um gegen die Haftbedinungen zu protestieren. Einzelne Gefangene befinden sich beispielsweise schon seit 10 Jahren in Isolationshaft.
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RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories: Thousands of Palestinian inmates in Israeli jails on Wednesday launched a hunger strike, the Palestinian minister for prisoners said.
“I can confirm that all the prisoners in Israeli prisons have begun a three-day hunger strike, which could be increased, as a kind of warning to the Israeli administration,” Issa Qaraqa told reporters in Ramallah.
The strike was then extended across all prisons in a collective protest against the policy of solitary confinement, as well as what Qaraqa called a “growing tide” of punitive measures against detainees.
“There are prisoners who have been in solitary confinement for 10 years,” he said.
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