The Palestinian Commission of Detainees’ and Ex-Detainees’ Affairs has warned that the health of prisoner Ghadhanfar Abu Atwan 28 has reached a life-threatening stage as a result of his prolonged hunger strike which he staged in protest at his administrative detention.
Senior official of the Commission Hasan Abd Rabo explained that prisoner Abu Atwan suffers from a severe fluid deficiency in his body general weakness fatigue and constant headaches warning that such health decline could harm his vital organs and lead to paralysis and disability or sudden death.
Abu Atwan also lost more than 15 kilograms of his weight and his heartbeats became unstable according to Abd Rabo.
The Commission called on human rights groups to urgently intervene to save the life of prisoner Abu Atwan.
In a related context Munif Abu Atwan who has been serving a life prison term since 18 years has been on hunger strike for 10 days in solidarity with his hunger striking brother Ghadhanfar.
