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‘Ethics c’tee mulls forcing treatment on hunger striking journalist’
Palestinian reporter Muhammad al-Qiq has been on hunger strike for some 70 days in protest of his administrative detention — a tool Israeli authorities use to imprison people without charge or trial. Ethics committee considers treating him against his will. By Yael Marom and Noam Rotem The medical ethics committee at Emek Medical Center reportedly…
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February 3, 2016
Palestinian journalist’s health deteriorates as hunger strike enters 46th day
As his health steadily deteriorates, Palestinian journalist Muhammad Al-Qeeq has lost his ability to speak or walk. By Noam Rotem Forty-six days after he began his hunger strike, Palestinian journalist Muhammad Al-Qeeq has lost the ability to speak or walk, and has begun to vomit and urinate blood. According to his lawyer, Ashraf Abu Snena, Al-Qeeq…
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January 10, 2016
The Jewish prisoners who went on hunger strike in Iraq
Like Palestinians today, Jewish hunger strikers used the method to demand fair trial and better jail conditions in 1950s Iraq. Orit Bashkin Some have compared the act of hunger striking to terrorism, claiming that there is no difference between a suicide bomber who targets civilians on a bus and a political prisoner who puts himself…
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August 22, 2015
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PHOTOS: Hundreds clash with police at protest for Palestinian hunger striker
‘Today we saw police brutality,’ says a participant at protest for Palestinian hunger striker Muhammad Allan in Ashkelon. ‘They used severe violence against us, as they let the right-wing protesters attack us.’ Text by Rami Younis, Photos by Oren Ziv/Activestills.org Hundreds of Palestinians protested in Ashkelon Sunday night for the release of hunger striker Mohammad…
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Rami Younis
August 17, 2015
Administrative detention being used to push controversial ‘terror law’
A new bill that paves the way for putting Israeli citizens in administrative detention could one day affect activists, human rights workers, and Palestinian citizens of Israel. By Sawsan Khalife’ A week after the Shin Bet recommended that Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon sign off on administrative detention for two Jewish Israelis following the attack in the…
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Sawsan Khalife'
August 16, 2015
Palestinian prisoner in coma after 60 day hunger strike
Palestinian prisoner Muhammad Allan, who has been on hunger strike for two months, fell into a coma Friday morning and was placed on a respirator after his health significantly deteriorated overnight. Palestinian prisoner Muhammad Allan, who has been on hunger strike for 60 days, fell into a coma Friday morning and was placed on a…
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August 14, 2015
The only way to end Palestinian hunger strikes
We have become so accustomed to the idea that detaining people without charge or trial is fine. So much so that the discussion now revolves around how we should allow them to die, rather than why we have reached this point in the first place. By Yael Marom and Noam Rotem It may be true…
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August 11, 2015
‘I was force-fed six times — in a Soviet prison’
As Israel contemplates force-feeding Palestinian hunger striker Muhammad Allan, a rabbi and human rights activist recalls how he was force-fed six times while imprisoned by the Soviet regime. The pain and humiliation remain with him until today. By Rabbi Michael Rivkin I was force-fed twice in two different periods of my life. The first time…
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August 11, 2015
Israeli doctors versus the state in showdown over force-feeding
The government hoped that transferring Mohammed Allan to a different hospital would make force-feeding him easier. But a doctors’ protest is gaining ground. A confrontation between the Israeli government and doctors treating hunger-striking prisoners is reaching a fever pitch, testing the medical community’s independence against government efforts to quell a nonviolent protest by Palestinian detainees.…
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Noa Yachot
August 10, 2015
Israel plans to force-feed hunger-striking Palestinian prisoner
Israeli authorities tell Mohammad Allan, who has been hunger striking to protest being held without charge, that they intend to ask a district court to authorize force-feeding him. Israeli authorities plan to use a brand new “force-feeding” law against a Palestinian man currently being held without charge who is on the 52nd day of a…
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Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man
August 8, 2015
Israel to start force-feeding Palestinian hunger strikers
One month after administrative detainee Khader Adnan’s successful hunger strike, the Knesset passes a law to allow for the force-feeding of Palestinian prisoners. The Knesset passed a law early Thursday morning that sanctions the force-feeding of hunger-striking prisoners in Israeli jails. The law passed by a small margin, with 46 lawmakers in favor and 40…
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Haggai Matar
July 30, 2015
Israel seeks force feeding powers as hunger striker enters danger zone
The head of the Israeli Medical Association says he will instruct physicians to ignore the new law if it is passed, saying it contradicts medical ethics. Israeli authorities are currently holding some 400 Palestinians without charge or trial. The Israeli parliament is expected to soon vote on a bill that would permit authorities to force…
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Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man
June 16, 2015
The end of the hunger strike and mounting pressure on the PA
The PA’s lack of support for hunger striking prisoners, together with its security coordination with Israel during ‘Operation Brother’s Keeper,’ are further deteriorating its credibility among Palestinians. Reports on a deal that would end the hunger strike by some 70 Palestinians prisoners broke in the Hebrew media on Tuesday night and has been confirmed in…
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Noam Sheizaf
June 26, 2014
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