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EU warns hunger-striking Khalil Awawdeh faces imminent death

  • By Al Mayadeen English
  • Source: Agencies
  • 29 Aug 2022 08:24
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After the release of the heart-aching pictures of Palestinian prisoner Khalil Awawdeh, the European Union (EU) warns that the hunger striker is now facing imminent death and must be released immediately.

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    Palestinian prisoner Khalil Awawdeh

The European Union (EU) expressed its shock at the horrific pictures of Palestinian prisoner Khalil Awawdeh, who has been on hunger strike for 6 months now.

The EU mission in Palestine warned Sunday evening that Awawdeh is now facing imminent death and must be released immediately, urging the Israeli occupation authorities to release him since he has not been charged

The Palestinian prisoner Khalil Awawdeh after 179 days of hunger strike in protest of his administrative detention without charge or trial by lsrael. pic.twitter.com/UCqe7bvXH3

— Muhammad Smiry (@MuhammadSmiry) August 28, 2022

This is happening as solidarity with Khalil Awawdeh grows online. The voices on social media have been loud and clear, demanding to #FreeKhalilAwawdeh despite all Israeli attempts to mute the crumbling sound of his empty stomach.

The activists protested the Israeli brutality and those who are watching silently the unfolding crime.

It is worth noting that a rally will be held today at Washington Square Park to show support for Awawdeh.

❓WHAT: Rally to Free Khalil Awawdeh
⏰ WHEN: Mon, Aug 29 at 5 PM
📍 WHERE: Washington Square Park (Under the Arch)
🇵🇸 Come through and show your support for Khalil Awawdeh, currently on his 176th day of hunger strike. 🇵🇸 pic.twitter.com/OqnsvoHxwY

— Samidoun - NY/NJ (@samidounnynj) August 25, 2022

When pictures speak volumes

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Horrific pictures of prisoner Khalil Awawdeh were shared with the world by the Prisoners Authority, exposing the cruelty of the occupation's crime against this innocent man.

“He could die at any moment.”

With these words, Khalil Awawdeh's lawyer described his life-threatening condition, with his bones threatening to tear through his flesh. Awawdeh stands as another living example of Israeli brutality.#FreeKhalil #FreeKhalilAwawdeh#Palestine pic.twitter.com/AF5PB3avId

— Al Mayadeen English (@MayadeenEnglish) August 28, 2022

His wife and father took pictures of him on Sunday, exposing the truth of an ongoing “immoral and inhuman crime against him by the occupation prisons administration, and the Israeli intelligence service that insist on killing him," even if slowly, according to a statement by the Prisoners Authority.

The Authority’s statement added, "These images are more than enough to awaken the conscience of the world that should hold the [Israeli] occupation accountable."

Today, the Prisoners Information Office announced that Awawdeh is continuing his open hunger strike for the 170th day, amid critical health conditions.

Awawdeh’s lawyer, Ahlam Haddad, said three days ago that he could die at any moment. 

In March, Awawdeh began an open-ended hunger strike to demand his release, knowing that he was arbitrarily arrested as per the Israeli occupation's arbitrary administrative detention policy, and his lawyer said he has only been only drinking water since.

For their part, Egyptian mediators recently called for the release of Awawdeh under a ceasefire agreement that ended the recent three-day Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip.

The freedom of Awawdeh was one of the clauses of the agreement between Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) and the Israeli occupation after several days of Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, killing dozens of Palestinian civilians and wounding hundreds of others.

The head of the political department in the Islamic Jihad Movement, Muhammad Al-Hindi, said on August 7 that "a formula for the Egyptian declaration of the truce agreement has been reached, and it includes Egypt's commitment to work for the release of the two prisoners, Khalil Awawdeh and Bassam Al-Saadi."

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