RAMALLAH (PIC)– 33-year-old Palestinian detainee Muhammad Issa al-Qawasmeh has been on an open-ended hunger strike for 12 days in protest at his isolation in the Israeli Ashkelon jail a rights group said Wednesday.
Head of the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) Amjad al-Najar said the Israeli prison service (IPS) has kept al-Qawasmeh sentenced to 14 years and jailed since 2003 in a solitary lock-down for a month.
The detainee wrote several books and completed his Masters degree in Israeli jail.
Meanwhile the Israeli Haaretz newspaper said Israeli occupation soldiers prevented 34 Palestinian detainees from drinking water and toilets for 11 hours due to the long inter-prison transfer journey.
The 34 Palestinian detainees were forced to relieve themselves inside the vehicle and had been made to endure stench for 11 hours.
Palestinian detainees have always launched cries for help over the harsh mistreatment and psychological agony they have been made to endure all the way through inter-prison transfer journeys during which they are forced to sit on iron chairs eat poor-quality food while they are handcuffed and endure disgusting smells.
