Palestinian prisoner Khalil Awawdeh suspended on Wednesday his hunger strike after reaching an agreement with Israel to set a ceiling for his administrative detention and to be released on October 2, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported.
Human rights organizations published Sunday pictures of Awawdeh which showed that he had reached a critical stage as a result of his continuation of the strike.
Palestinian prisoner Khalil Awawdeh has suspended his hunger strike, which lasted for 182 days, after obtaining an agreement from Israeli occupation authorities to end his administrative detention and release him on October 2, 2022.
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The European Union expressed its shock at the pictures of Awawdeh, describing them as “horrible”, and said he “is in imminent danger of dying,” demanding that, “unless charged immediately, he has to be released.”
Awawdeh, a father of four girls, was arrested on December 27 of last year. He was slammed with administrative detention for six months.
‘We Will Continue to Pray for His Freedom’: Awawdeh’s Former Prison Comrade Speaks to The Palestine Chronicle https://t.co/q35Vt0trYZ via @PalestineChron pic.twitter.com/0rjMOZTQiQ
— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) August 29, 2022
On July 2, he resumed his hunger strike after suspending it earlier after 111 days, based on promises to release him. Israeli authorities reneged on their promise and renewed his administrative detention for four more months.
Over the years, Israel has placed thousands of Palestinians in administrative detention for prolonged periods of time, without trying them, without informing them of the charges against them, and without allowing them or their counsel to examine the evidence.
(WAFA, PC, SOCIAL)
