Palestinian students on Monday organized an event in solidarity with the hunger striking prisoners in Israeli jails on the sidelines of the 10th Foreign Students Festival held at Sakarya University in Turkey.
The prisoner solidarity event was staged in cooperation with the International Campaign for Advocating the Prisoners in Israeli Jails (Tadamon) the Palestine Solidarity Society (FIDDER) the Anemone Cultural Association and the Palestinian Student House.
The event included a photo and picture tent portraying the suffering of the Palestinian people and their prisoners from the Israeli occupation.
Palestinian students also provided an explanation in Turkish language about the hunger-striking prisoners’ legitimate demands and Israel’s violations against them.
Other students simulated the suffering of hunger strikers in Israel jails through drinking salted water and exposing themselves to painful physical restraint and handcuffing.
Speakers at the event appealed to the international community and human rights groups to intervene to save the lives of hunger strikers and pressure the Israeli authorities to respond to their just demands.
