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Hunger striking prisoner Hasan Awiwi refuses water

Saturday 8-June-2019

The family of the Palestinian prisoner Hasan al-Awiwi who has been on hunger strike in Israeli jails for 68 days on Saturday said that he decided to stop drinking water.

The family said that al-Awiwi’s health condition is worsening and he can’t talk or walk properly.

Al-Awiwi a father of three was arrested in January 2019 and he started an open hunger strike 68 days ago in protest at his detention administratively without charge or trial.

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