Palestinian Political Prisoner Solidarity
repost | 01.09.2004 09:56
There are currently over 8,000 Palestinians being held as political prisoners by the Israeli army (arrested illegally according to the Geneva Convention). This figure includes 370 children and 103 women. Their conditions of detention are extremely poor and in some cases life threatening.
The hunger strikers are asking that they and their families be treated according to the law and to basic human rights (improved health, basic sanitation conditions, increased rights for family visits, and a stop to indiscriminate beatings).
When asked, the Israeli security minister Tsahi Hangabee said, ‘the Palestinians can strike until they die, no demand will be accepted. The prisoners can starve to death’. Indeed yesterday a young mother was the first person to die as a result of the hunger strike.
For more information see www.palsolodarity.org
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