APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Gaza, 23 June 2021. Palestinian supporters of Islamic Jihad movement take part in a protest to show solidarity with prisoners on hunger strike, in Israeli Jails.
01-SOUDBITE:Director of the Mohaja Al-Quds Foundation, Yasser Mezher
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Three Palestinian prisoners in Israeli detention are currently on an open-ended hunger strike in protest of their administrative detention, without a charge or trial, according to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS).
Israel's widely condemned practice of administrative detention allows the detention of Palestinians without charge or trial for renewable intervals ranging between three and six months based on undisclosed evidence that even a detainee’s lawyer is barred from viewing.
Amnesty International has once described Israel’s use of administrative detention as a "bankrupt tactic" and has long called on Israel to bring its use to an end.
Palestinian detainees have continuously resorted to open-ended hunger strikes as a way to protest their illegal administrative detention and to demand an end to this policy, which violates international
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RESTRICTION SUMMARY: APAwire CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST: APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Gaza, 23 June 2021. Palestinian supporters of Islamic Jihad movement take part in a protest to show solidarity with prisoners on hunger strike, in Israeli Jails. 01-SOUDBITE:Director of the Mohaja Al-Quds Foundation, Yasser Mezher STORYLINE Three Palestinian prisoners in Israeli detention are currently on an open-ended hunger strike in protest of their administrative detention, without a charge or trial, according to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS). Israel's widely condemned practice of administrative detention allows the detention of Palestinians without charge or trial for renewable intervals ranging between three and six months based on undisclosed evidence that even a detainee’s lawyer is barred from viewing. Amnesty International has once described Israel’s use of administrative detention as a "bankrupt tactic" and has long called on Israel to bring its use to an end. Palestinian detainees have continuously resorted to open-ended hunger strikes as a way to protest their illegal administrative detention and to demand an end to this policy, which violates international Footage by APAwire
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