Ahmed Betawi , a researcher at the Tadamun Foundation, reported that captive Hassan Safadi (35 years) was wounded in his right knee on Tuesday after losing consciousness as a result of a severe headache that he suffered from as a result of being on hunger strike since 30 days, in addition to severe pain in the left kidney, stomachache, backache and a sharp decrease in weight exceeded (15) kilograms.
As a punishment for his hunger strike, the Prison Administration transferred him two days ago from the Zionist Megiddo Prison to solitary confinement and fined him NIS 1,000 for each day of the strike in addition to the deprivation of family's visits. However, Safadi met these decisions with a strong will.
Besides, Betawi called on all human rights organizations, all legal bodies and media to take up the cause of detainees in general and administrative prisoners in particular in order to work towards their release and to shed light on their suffering, pointing out that administrative detention is contrary to the simplest rules of international humanitarian law which prohibits detention of the prisoners for an unknown reason or with no charge.
The solitary confinement was also described as graves by the families of the nineteen isolated prisoners in Zionist occupation prisons and whose isolation extended from five to thirteen years. They said "we stress on that our sons live in inhumane and illegal conditions since the cells lack the lowest degree of humanity"
The families said that they are worried that there might be attempts on the lives of their sons, pointing to the attempt to kill captive Abbas al-Sayyed with no guilt and considering that a beginning of an attempt to eliminate all the prisoners or make them live permanently disabled.
Besides, they addressed all the human rights institutions calling on them to stand by their sons and called on Arab governments and people to "stand next to those who defended not only the dignity of the Palestinian people but also the dignity of the Arab Islamic nation."
As for the case of captives Thaer Halahla and Bilal Diab, who were on an open hunger strike for 36 days as a rejection of the policy of their administrative detention without charge, Muhjat al-Quds Institution confirmed that the Court of occupation in "Ofer" will consider on Wednesday an appeal, after the deterioration of the captives' health because of the ongoing hunger strike and which ended up with their transfer to the hospital since last March.
