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Prisoners in PA jails on hunger strike
 Fourteen Palestinian prisoners held by the Palestinian Authority in Jericho went on a hunger strike for a third day Monday to press for their release. A statement by the militant Islamic Jihad group said the prisoners, who were detained for their ties with groups advocating armed resistance against Israel, were being held in non-humanitarian conditions.At the same time the group is calling for the release of all its members from Israeli prisons, the Palestinian Authority continued to detain its "heroic" fighters in the Jericho prison, ignoring agreements reached in Cairo with all factions of the resistance movement, the statement said. The group said it held the PA responsible for the safety and health of the prisoners, who are reportedly being held under extremely bad conditions. "We call for the immediate release of the prisoners who are observing a hunger strike to protest their imprisonment," the statement said.
Posted by: Steve 2005-05-23 |
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