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APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Hebron - 20 March. The family of the Palestinian prisoner on hunger strike Khalil Awawdeh sit inside their home, in the West Bank city of Hebron.

  1. 0.1 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Dalal Awawdeh: The wife of the prisoner Khalil Awawdeh.
  2. 0.2 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Mohammed Awawdeh, father of prisoner Khalil Awawdeh.
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RESTRICTION SUMMARY: APAwire CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST: APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Hebron - 20 March. The family of the Palestinian prisoner on hunger strike Khalil Awawdeh sit inside their home, in the West Bank city of Hebron. 0.1 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Dalal Awawdeh: The wife of the prisoner Khalil Awawdeh. 0.2 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Mohammed Awawdeh, father of prisoner Khalil Awawdeh. STORYLINE: Khalil Awawda, an administrative detainee in Israeli prisons, announced a hunger strike since 18 days. Nearly 450 Palestinian detainees have been refusing to show up for their military court hearings for 65 days in protest of their unfair detention without charge or trial under Israel’s controversial administrative detention policy. The boycott includes hearings for the renewal of administrative detention orders as well as appeal hearings and later sessions at Israel’s Supreme Court. Also for more than 10 days now, Palestinian administrative detainees with chronic diseases in the Israeli prison of Ofer have been boycotting the Israeli prison clinics in protest of their unfair detention without charge or trial. Palestinian detainees say their action is a continuation of longstanding Palestinian efforts "to put an end to the unjust administrative detention practiced against our people by the occupation forces." Under administrative detention, Israel keeps Palestinians without charge for up to six months, a period which can be extended for an indefinite number of times. Women and minors are also among those detainees. The detention takes place on orders from a military commander and on the basis of what the Israeli regime describes as ‘secret’ evidence. Some prisoners have been held in administrative detention for up to 11 years. Footage by / APAwire

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