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[14 May 2012] Palestinian prisoners continue hunger strike - Middle East Today - English An estimated 1,600 to 2,000 Palestinian prisoners began an open-ended hunger strike on April 17. They do this to protest against Israel's administrative detention rules, the use of solitary confinement, maltreatment of sick detainees, and difficulty in securing family visits and strip searches that are imposed on visitors. Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh calls on Israel to release Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike to protest their detention. Arab League permanent representatives held an urgent meeting in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, to discuss the situation of Palestinian prisoners and hunger-strikers in Israeli jails

Palestinian political prisoner and long term hunger striker Samer al Issawi was greeted by hundreds of supporters, friends and family as he was released from an Israeli jail following the longest hunger strike in Palestinian history. Samer al Azawi was originally captured by the Israeli army and handed a 26 year sentence in 2002. He was released as part of the Gilad Shalit deal alongside over a thousand other prisoners in exchange for 1 Israeli prisoner. However, Asawi was arrested again in July 2012 and held in administrative detention without charge or trial. Following his detention, Asawi went on a 260 day hunger strike in protest against the Israeli\\\'s threatening to renew his original prison sentence for breaking the terms of his parole. Israeli forces raided his family\\\'s home twice just before his release. On Sunday, Israeli authorities gave notices to Issawi\\\'s brother and father, demanding they meet requirements by the Israeli intelligence. Israeli intelligence agents, accompanied by soldiers, told the family they were not allowed to organize any celebrations for Issawi\\\'s release. Samer al Azawi will now join his family in Jerusalem al Quds following a 9 months hunger strike which prompted the Israeli authorities to release him. He stressed the importance of applying international pressure on Israel to release over 4800 Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli jails.

Israel has freed a Palestinian prisoner after he agreed to halt a lengthy hunger strike that almost killed him. Samer al-Issawi, who was in an Israeli prison since July 2012, began a 260-day hunger strike in August 2012 in protest over Israel\\\'s decision to send him back to prison to serve the remaining 16 years of an earlier 26-year sentence. Issawi was released in 2011 on parole from prison but was rearrested less than a year later for allegedly violating his parole. He went on a hunger strike in which he consumed only liquids fortified with vitamins that lasted for more than eight months until April 2013. His protest attracted widespread attention in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Issawi only ended his protest after Israel agreed to shorten his sentence and give him an eight-month parole violation sentence. Israel currently holds thousands of Palestinian prisoners. Palestinian officials say over 200 Palestinian security prisoners have died in Israeli prisons since 1948.

Israel has freed a Palestinian prisoner after he agreed to halt a lengthy hunger strike that almost killed him. Samer al-Issawi, who was in an Israeli prison since July 2012, began a 260-day hunger strike in August 2012 in protest over Israel\\\\\\\'s decision to send him back to prison to serve the remaining 16 years of an earlier 26-year sentence. Issawi was released in 2011 on parole from prison but was rearrested less than a year later for allegedly violating his parole. He went on a hunger strike in which he consumed only liquids fortified with vitamins that lasted for more than eight months until April 2013. His protest attracted widespread attention in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Issawi only ended his protest after Israel agreed to shorten his sentence and give him an eight-month parole violation sentence. Israel currently holds thousands of Palestinian prisoners. Palestinian officials say over 200 Palestinian security prisoners have died in Israeli prisons since 1948.

[04 May 2014] Scores of Palestinian inmates on open-ended hunger strike in Israeli jails - English

[16 Mar 2014] A dozen Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails on hunger strike - English

[13 May 2014] Gaza rally in solidarity with hunger-striking prisoners - English

[09 June 2014] Gazans rally in solidarity with hunger-striking prisoners - English

[09 June 2014] israel seeking to legalize force-feeding of hunger-striking inmates - English

[18 April 2013] US fails to break hunger strike at Gitmo: Martha Rayner - English

[10 Oct 2013] Italy Democratic MP goes on hunger strike - English

In Egypt, political detainees, including Muslim Brotherhood members have gone on a hunger strike to protest what they call their deteriorating humanitarian conditions. According to the Brotherhood some 450 prisoners are now refusing to eat. Reports say the detainees in Torah prison are tortured and patients are denied proper medical care. The strike comes as Egypt\\\'s army-backed authorities intensify a crackdown on supporters of ousted President Mohammad Morsi.

[13 Apr 2014] Hamas leader in Israeli prison goes on hunger strike - English

[28 Apr 2014] Families of Tunisian Martyrs on Hunger Strike to Demand Justice - English

[09 May 2014] Palestinian factions join in to back hunger striking prisoners - English

[30 May 2014] Palestinian hunger strikers moved to hospital - English

[06 June 2014] Palestinian prisoners continue open-ended hunger strike - English

[08 June 2014] West Bank shops closed to support hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners - English

[12 June 2014] Palestinian prisoners\' families join hunger strike - English

[15 Oct 2014] 160 detained Kurds on hunger strike in protest over arrest by Turkey - English

[07 Dec 2014] Islamic Jihad’s inmates in Israeli jails threaten to start hunger strike - English

[05 Aug 2015] Saudi Arabia attempts to cause a widespread hunger in Yemen - English

[17 Aug 2015] Palestinian hunger striking prisoner Allan fighting for life in coma - English

[13th August 2016] Amnesty calls on Israel to free Palestinian hunger striker Bilal Kayed | Press TV English

Afshin Rattansi of PressTv talks Donna Wallach sister of Darlene Wallach captured by Israeli soldiers in Gaza as news comes in of a Scottish solidarity activist transferred to solitary confinement in an Israeli detention center on Friday after he and two others declared a hunger strike.

Food Taste Hunger - Short Film Chicken a la Carte by Ferdinand Dimadura

The Gulf nation of Bahrain is intensifying its crackdown on pro-democracy protesters. On Saturday, masked police offers broke into the home of Abdulhadi Alkhawaja, a prominent Bahraini human rights activist. He was beaten and detained. We speak to his daughter, Zainab Alkhawaja, who witnessed the attack and is now on a hunger strike. Her husband and brother-in-law were also beaten and arrested in the pre-dawn raid. We also speak to Nabeel Rajab, the president of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights. He is facing a possible military trial for publishing the photograph of Ali Sager, a protester who died while in Bahraini custody. Published with written permission from democracynow.org. http://www.democracynow.org Provided to you under Democracy NOW creative commons license. Democracy NOW!, an independent non-profit user funded news media, recognized and broadcast world wide.

Bahrain: Saudi troops demolish two more mosques, World biggest hunger strike - 18Apr2011 - English