The General Secretariat of the Popular Conference of Palestinians Abroad called on Wednesday on the Palestinian diplomatic missions all over the world to activate the Palestinian prisoners’ issue and make their voices heard at international forums.
The General Secretariat stressed the need to advocate the prisoners in their Freedom and Dignity hunger strike against all the punitive measures launched by the Israel Prison Service (IPS).
The statement appealed to the signatories to the four Geneva Conventions especially the third one to consider the issue of the Palestinian prisoners and grant them their rights arising from the legal obligations of the Israeli occupation in accordance with these conventions.
The statement asked all human rights organizations including the Palestinian ones to file lawsuits against the Israeli practices and violations at the International Criminal Court.
It called upon the Palestinian people and factions the Arab and Islamic nation and the popular organizations to launch a series of activities in solidarity with the striking prisoners.
More than 1500 Palestinian prisoners have been on hunger strike for the 17th day in a row challenging all punitive measures pursued by the IPS.
