Muslim World News On-line
Date of Publication: May 2000
INDONESIAN MUSLIMS FOR GLOBAL PEACE AND JUSTICE
Bismillaahirrahmaanirrahiim.
Assalamu'alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarokaatuh
PALESTINIAN PRISONERS IN ZIONIST JAILS CONTINUE HUNGER STRIKE
Occupied Jerusalem: Hundreds of Palestinian political prisoners in Zionist
prisons are continuing an open-ended hunger-strike to protest the
deterioration of their dismal imprisonment conditions and demand an end to
Israeli mistreatment of them.
Palestinian sources said the vast majority of the prisoners have joined the
five-day old strike which they vowed won*t end until the Israeli
government terminates its persecution of the prisoners.
The prisoners are particularly demanding that prison authorities put an end
to solitary confinement, denials of family visits, flagrant transfer of
prisoners, as well as the numerous forms of humiliations and mistreatment
meted out to the prisoners.
Moreover, the prisoners demand that genuine medical care be provided for
the ill among them.
This latest demand is particularly important since the Israeli prison
authorities reportedly treat all sorts of ailments among prisoners with
analgesics.
Meanwhile, solidarity with the prisoners* strike is continuing all over the
occupied territories.
Today, marches and rallies took place in may parts of the West Bank and
Gaza Strip, calling on the Palestinian leadership to exert pressure on the
Israeli government to release the prisoners.
Israel and the PA reached an agreement more than four years ago whereby
Israel agreed to release all Palestinian prisoners before the commencement
of the final status talks. However, Israel reneged on the agreement.
There are as many as 1700 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails today, two
thirds of them are affiliated with the Islamic movements, particularly
Hamas.
Wassalamu'alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarokaatuh
(DI-10/05/00)
Source : www.palestine-info.net/daily_news
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