Palestinian prisoner Amarneh with vision impairment pursues strike

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Al Mayadeen Net + Agencies
4 May 2023 11:09
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Engaging in a battle under the slogan of “A Call of Pride”, Palestinian prisoner, Izz Al-Din Amarneh, who is blind, continues his open hunger strike for the 13th day in a row.

Visually-impaired Palestinian prisoner Izz Al-Din Amarneh (Archive)

Prisoner Izz Al-Din Amarneh, who is blind and in need of continuous health care and follow-up, continues his open-ended hunger strike for the 13th day in a row, in rejection of his arbitrary administrative detention.

Amarneh's family warned, earlier, of the deterioration of his health condition if he continued his hunger strike, in light of the diseases he already suffers from.

Amarneh announced that he had embarked on a hunger strike against his arbitrary administrative detention, calling this battle a "Call of Pride."

The wife of prisoner Izz Al-Din Amarneh said her husband is in the prisoners’ sections in Al-Naqab prison, stressing that the occupation isolated him for hours, before returning him to the sections after fellow prisoners threatened to launch a collective strike in solidarity with him in the event that he is kept in isolation.

WAFA news agency cited Amarneh’s wife earlier as saying that her husband is already facing health problems, including ulcers in the stomach and intestines, blood pressure, and a tumor in the leg, noting that the prison administration refuses to provide him with the necessary treatment.

Last February, the military occupation court issued a new administrative detention order against Amarneh (52 years old) for a new four months.

Amarneh has been detained in Al-Naqab desert prison for more than 14 months, along with his sons Ahmed and Mujahid, and he suffers from several diseases that require immediate attention on a daily basis.

A state of concern prevails over the health of Amarneh, especially after the martyrdom of the hunger-striking prisoner, Khader Adnan, in Israeli occupation prisons, after 86 days of hunger strike.

With the martyrdom of Adnan, the number of martyrs of the Captive Movement has risen to 237.