APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Hebron- 12 June 2021. The family of Palestinian prisoner Ghadanfar Abu Atwan who is on hunger strike since 39 days, in the West Bank city of Hebron
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The Commission of Detainees' Affairs stated, that jailers at the clinic of Ramla prison have attacked the detainee Ghadanfar Abu Atwan, who is on hunger strike since 39 days
The Commission pointed out that the Prisons' Service has transferred Abu Atwan from Ohelekdar prison to the clinic of Ramla prison last Thursday. Jailers attacked him in his room at the first day of transfer and beat him in a brutal way all over his body.
In response, the detainee Abu Atwan burned his bed mattress inside his room, then jailers opened fire extinguisher toward him to make him feel suffocated. They took him to the hospital and returned him to prison again. Jailers wanted to inspect him while being naked, but he refused and jailers attacked him again by beating, hanging and keeping him naked for 12 hours.
The Commission stated that the detainee has been tried inside the prison and sentenced to solitary confinement for one week.
The detainee Abu Atwan suffers from leanness and several pains all over his body due to his strike.
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RESTRICTION SUMMARY: APAwire CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST: APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Hebron- 12 June 2021. The family of Palestinian prisoner Ghadanfar Abu Atwan who is on hunger strike since 39 days, in the West Bank city of Hebron STORYLINE The Commission of Detainees' Affairs stated, that jailers at the clinic of Ramla prison have attacked the detainee Ghadanfar Abu Atwan, who is on hunger strike since 39 days The Commission pointed out that the Prisons' Service has transferred Abu Atwan from Ohelekdar prison to the clinic of Ramla prison last Thursday. Jailers attacked him in his room at the first day of transfer and beat him in a brutal way all over his body. In response, the detainee Abu Atwan burned his bed mattress inside his room, then jailers opened fire extinguisher toward him to make him feel suffocated. They took him to the hospital and returned him to prison again. Jailers wanted to inspect him while being naked, but he refused and jailers attacked him again by beating, hanging and keeping him naked for 12 hours. The Commission stated that the detainee has been tried inside the prison and sentenced to solitary confinement for one week. The detainee Abu Atwan suffers from leanness and several pains all over his body due to his strike. Footage by /APAwire
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