Palestinian al-Fasfous continues 58th day of hunger strike
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The Palestinian Prisoners' Information Office reports that prisoner Kayed al-Fasfous continues his open hunger strike, in rejection of his arbitrary administrative detention.
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Palestinian Prisoner Kayed al-Fasfous continues 58th day of hunger strike (Palestinian sources)
The Palestinian Prisoners' Information Office reported on Friday that Palestinian Prisoner Kayed al-Fasfous has entered the 58th consecutive day of his open hunger strike. He is protesting against his arbitrary administrative detention, and there are growing concerns about his deteriorating health.
The Prisoners and Ex-Detainees Authority announced on Thursday that a new session of the Occupation Court is scheduled for October 2, 2023, to consider an appeal against the administrative detention decision imposed on al-Fafsous.
It's worth noting that the Palestinian Prisoners' Information Office also disclosed that "administrative detainees in the al-Naqab prison, which is affiliated with the Zionist occupation army, have decided to go on a hunger strike in solidarity with prisoner al-Fasfous."
Sources reported on September 22 that the Israeli occupation prison administration transferred hunger-striking prisoner, Kayed al-Fasfous, to solitary confinement in Askalan Prison.
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On September 20, the Israeli occupation military court in "Ofer" rejected the appeal submitted by al-Fasfous who has been in administrative detention and is now on a hunger strike for 58 days.
He had previously initiated hunger strikes, one at the end of May and the beginning of June that lasted nine days, and another in 2021 against his administrative detention, which lasted 131 days. Additionally, the occupation authorities had also placed his four brothers, all former prisoners, under administrative detention.
On another note, reports on Thursday revealed that the Israeli occupation had released Hassan Mohammad al-Fasfous, one of Kayed's brothers, after 16 months of administrative detention.
The practice of administrative detention used by the Israeli authorities is widely regarded as a means of inflicting psychological distress and coercion upon detainees. These administrative detention proceedings are held behind closed doors, depriving detainees of their fundamental right to a public trial.
