Issawi might Lose Life At Any Moment, Other Detainees Continue Struggle

The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society warned Monday that hunger striking prisoner Samir Issawi is in a critical and deteriorating condition and might lose his life.

PPS’s lawyer, Fawwaz Shlodi cautioned that Issawi is currently in Kaplan Medical Center under constant medical supervision.
Issawi, who has been on a strike for about six months now, might lose his life at any moment, according to the doctors.
Shlodi said that Issawi has been residing in a hospital’s room surrounded by three guards with his feet tied to the bed.

He further stated that Issawi is suffering from severe pain, especially in his kidneys and stomach, severe eye-sight weakness, dizziness, unstable heart rate, ache in his neck and spine, high blood pressure, low blood sugar, and very low weight.
In parallel, the lawyer stated that the prisoner is constantly harassed by “Israeli” guards in an attempt to end his strike, while the prison’s administration continues to isolate him.

In a letter sent to the PPS, Issawi affirmed that he will continue his strike despite of his medical condition and the difficulties he is facing, until “Israel” fulfills its demands.
This comes as an “Israeli” military court rejected an appeal to release jailed Palestinian cartoonist Muhammad Sabanah, a lawyer from the Palestinian Prisoners Society said.
A judge at Ofer military court ordered Sabanah to be detained for a further eight days to continue interrogations, Jawad Boulous.
The judge claimed that new elements in the case, namely the arrest of Sabanah’s brother last week, necessitated further interrogation.
Boulous stated that Sabanah was brought to Ofer court from Jalameh detention center, where he had been held in solitary confinement.
“Israeli” forces detained Sabanah, 30, at the Allenby Bridge crossing between Jordan and the West Bank on Feb. 16, without providing any explanation.

Sabanah’s brother, Thamaer, was arrested on March 6 from his home near Jenin. “Israeli” soldiers also confiscated his laptop and cell phone, his wife told Ma’an.
Sabanah’s cartoons are widespread in the Arab world. He is well-known for his criticism through his cartoons, which focus mainly on the Palestinian people’s sufferings due to “Israeli” occupation.

Meanwhile, the “Israel”sent three detainees on hunger strike to solitary confinement, the Palestinian Prisoners Society said.
Muhammad Najjar, Zakariyya al-Heih and Ibrahim Ash-Sheikh Ibrahim were sent to isolation cells in Ofer prison, the PPS said in a statement.
They have been on hunger strike since Feb 26 in protest at their administrative detention, without charge or trial.