The mass hunger strike returns: Palestinian prisoners refuse food to protest detention without trial

The mass hunger strike returns: Palestinian prisoners refuse food to protest detention without trial

By Alex Kane
Two years ago, as part of an agreement to end a hunger strike, Israel said it would lessen its use of administrative detention on Palestinian prisoners. But now prisoners say Israeli authorities have reneged on that commitment, and last month launched another hunger strike. Over 100 prisoners are refusing food to to pressure Israel to end its policy of holding prisoners on secret evidence with no recourse to challenge their detention in court.
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