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30 Palestinian Prisoners on Hunger Strike Against Israeli Administrative Detention

HeadlineOct 05, 2022

A group of 30 Palestinians prisoners held by Israel are now in their second week of an open-ended hunger strike to protest “administrative detention,” the Israeli policy of holding Palestinians without charge for up to years at a time. The hunger strikers include the French Palestinian human rights lawyer Salah Hamouri, who has been held without charge for six months based on secret evidence.

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