The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) prevented on Monday morning lawyers from visiting Palestinian hunger strikers in Israeli jails to verify reported violations.
According to a joint statement by the Prisoners’ and Ex-prisoners’ Commission and the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) the Israeli prison authorities at Gilboa jail banned the lawyers from visiting the Palestinian detainees on the second day of the mass hunger strike in Israeli jails.
The ban was issued under the pretext of the state of emergency imposed by the occupation authorities as of Monday the first day of the mass hunger strike. The Israeli prison service claimed the detainees can neither stand on their feet nor move to visit halls.
PPS and the Prisoners’ Commission said a committee has been appointed by the legal crew to follow up on the hunger strike and make the necessary legal steps so as to enable the lawyers to visit the Palestinian detainees and document the violations perpetrated against the hunger strikers in Israeli lock-ups.
