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Jailed Palestinian ‘dying’ over 100 days into hunger strike
Wife of detained Palestinian says he is feeble, consuming only water and has difficulty speaking.
A Palestinian prisoner who has been on hunger strike for more than 100 days is close to dying, his wife said, adding he was also experiencing severe cramps and headache.
Maher al-Akhras, 49, was arrested near the occupied West Bank city of Nablus in July and put in administrative detention, a policy that Israel uses to hold suspects without charge.
As of August this year, about 355 Palestinians, including two minors, were being held under administrative detention orders, according to Israeli human rights group B’Tselem.
Many Palestinian prisoners say they have been subject to torture and violence while in custody. There have been many protests against poor prison conditions in recent years, including several hunger strikes.
Many prisoners also suffer from medical negligence in jails. Prisoners must pay for their own medical treatment, and are not provided with adequate healthcare.
Al Jazeera previously reported many are given pain killers as medication and a solution to chronic illness.
According to prisoner support organisation Addameer, 4,400 Palestinian political prisoners, including 39 female and 155 children, are being held under Israeli custody as of September.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/11/6/jailed-palestinian-prisoner-dying
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