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Al-Akhras faces death in Israeli “Kaplan” hospital (Twitter)
Palestinian prisoner Maher Al-Akhras, from the town of Silat Al-Dhahr, south of Jenin, in the northern West Bank, continues his hunger strike for the 98th consecutive day, rejecting his administrative detention and demanding his release, amid of the difficult health conditions as a result of the strike, where he is being held in the Israeli “Kaplan” hospital, while the Israeli occupation authorities are intransigent and refuse to release him.
In a statement, the Palestinian Prisoners Club said: “There has been a serious and accelerating deterioration in the state of health of the mute prisoner facing death in the Israeli Hospital (Kaplan).” The club indicated that the mute prisoner, who had suffered seizures in the past hours, had repeated and continued for up to an hour. Your ability to see and hear is significantly decreasing compared to the previous period, with the exception of shortness of breath and severe pain throughout your body, especially in your head and chest.
#Video|| Prisoner Maher Al-Akhras on day 98 of his hunger strike. pic.twitter.com/S9Mtgu5ygq
– Palestinian Channel Today (@Paltodaytv) November 1, 2020
The prisoners’ club stated that so far, there are no serious indications to respond to the request of the silent prisoner. As the occupation continues its intransigence, despite repeated calls from human rights organizations and international bodies for his immediate release. On October 29, the Supreme Occupation Court had again rejected a petition filed by Al-Akhras’s lawyer for his release and transfer to a Palestinian hospital, which is part of several petitions he had previously filed demanding his release, and in all of them the court refused to release him.
The Asir Club reiterated that the continued arrest of the silent prisoner’s occupation, despite the extremely serious state of health that he had suffered, amounts to an execution decision that the occupation carried out slowly and systematically.
For his part, the head of the Palestinian Authority for Prisoners and Freedmen, Qadri Abu Bakr, confirmed in a press release that there is great danger to the life of the captive Maher al-Akhras, as he began to gradually lose his hearing. and vision and seemed unable to speak, and there is a danger that threatens his vital organs.
Abu Bakr said: “The mute prisoner is approaching his 100th day of strike, and the occupation continues to stubbornly and stall his release, insisting on completing his current administrative detention decision.”
Abu Bakr added: “The silent prisoner refused to end the attack except by immediately canceling his administrative detention or transferring him to a Palestinian hospital in the occupied West Bank, as he knows the occupation is stalling and can extend his detention again.”
Abu Bakr explained that the European Union and human rights organizations began to take action and demand the occupation to end the suffering of the silent prisoner, although the demands were late, but are important at this time, noting that the Palestinian efforts are not being They have stopped at the attribution of the dumb prisoner in this heroic battle by following up on the highest levels.
Abu Bakr stated that the occupation courts are nothing more than sham and formal courts, and are nothing more than a tool and a tool in the hands of the Israeli intelligence service “Shin Bet”, which is uncompromising in releasing the prisoner. mute even though his life is at stake.
The Supreme Occupation Court had again rejected a petition filed by Al-Akhras’s lawyer last Wednesday to demand his release and transfer to a Palestinian hospital, which is part of several petitions filed with the Supreme Court, and in all The court refused to release him, despite the serious state of health that the prisoner had reached. And recommendations from human rights institutions, including international ones, to release him immediately.
On September 23, 2020, the court issued a decision to “freeze” his detention, which does not mean the end of his administrative detention, in an attempt to circumvent the strike, and on October 1, 2020, the court again rejected your attorney’s request for your immediate release.
And again, on October 12, 2020, his application was again rejected and the court presented a proposal that in essence represented a new attempt to circumvent his strike, effectively leaving the door open to the possibility of continuing his administrative detention and renewing it, and on October 25, 2020, following the intelligence decision. The occupation annulled the decision to “freeze” his administrative detention. The court reissued a decision to “freeze” his detention again, maintaining his detention in the Israeli “Kaplan” hospital.
The mute prisoner suffers from severe pain throughout the body, repeated cramps, loss of consciousness, difficulty moving, poor hearing and vision, as well as difficulty breathing, which are the most prominent symptoms that have recently worsened.
It should be noted that the International Committee of the Red Cross, on October 22, 2020, issued a statement confirming the seriousness of the state of health of the mute prisoner and calling for his immediate release.
It is noteworthy that the prisoner of al-Akhras (49 years old), from the city of Silat al-Dhahr in Jenin, is married, the father of six children, works in agriculture and is a former prisoner who has been arrested several times. since 1989 and spent a total of four years, sporadically, in occupation prisons.
And again, the occupation arrested Maher Al-Akhras, on July 27, 2020, and he was transferred to administrative detention for a period of four months, and consequently, from the moment of his arrest, he went on an open hunger strike to refuse his arrest.
During the period of his strike, the administration of the occupation prisons transferred him to various prisons. His first stop was at the “Hawara” detention center, then he was transferred to the cells of the “Ofer” prison, then to the “Ramla Clinic” prison after his health deteriorated, and finally to the Kaplan Hospital. The Israeli, detained since the beginning of last September.
It should be noted that two other prisoners, along with the prisoner from Al-Akhras, continue their hunger strike in the cells of the “Negev Desert” prison, refusing their administrative detention, namely: Muhammad al-Zughayer and Basil al -Rimawi.
On the other hand, the Prisoners and Executives Affairs Authority warned of the worsening in the health of the prisoner, Kamal Abu Waer (46 years old), who is in (Ramla Prison clinic), after they administered the first chemotherapy sessions that lasted more than 12 hours through a device that was repaired. On the chest.
Prisoner Abu Waar suffers from extreme fatigue and fatigue, has lost the ability to speak, feels great shortness of breath, suffers from severe weight loss, and can only eat food through a special tube connected to the stomach, and there is a fear real for his life as his condition is considered one of the most difficult and dangerous cases in Occupation Prisons.
The prisoner Abu Waer, was deliberately subjected to a health oversight by the Israeli prison administration, during the last years, and now suffers a complex cancer in the larynx, since his tumor is constantly increasing in size, in addition to the appearance of a new tumor in him.
Prisoner Abu Waer (46 years old) from the city of Qabatiya in Jenin is reported to have been detained since 2003 and sentenced to life imprisonment 6 times and (50) years.
On the other hand, the Authority for Prisoners and Executives Affairs expressed its concern about the seriousness of the conditions of detention of the prisoners detained and imprisoned within the Al-Maabar section of the “Sharon” detention camp, where they remain for 14 days. in precarious and inhumane conditions, before being transferred to the “Damoun” detention center.
The commission clarified that the detainees suffer from difficult and complicated living and psychological conditions, where, immediately after their arrest, they are thrown into a section adjacent to the section of criminal prisoners, and there they are subjected to verbal harassment by them, for which are not exempt from shouting and insults in obscene language, and the detention administration allows prisoners to enter the inmate section. Detained in a way that violates your privacy.
The commission noted that “Damon” prisoners asked on several occasions to manage the detention center, to allocate a section in the “Damon” detention center to house newly detained prisoners, especially since there is a threat to their lives by staying in “Sharon” prison, but so far the prison administration did not respond to their demands and did not provide them. Just false promises, deliberate procrastination and procrastination.
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