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May 28th, 2017 
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nsnbc : Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons have suspended their hunger strike on Saturday after having reached an agreement with Israeli authorities.
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Palestinian detainees agreed to suspend the hunger strike Saturday morning after a 20-hour-long talks led by Marwan Barghouti and other imprisoned political leaders with the Israeli Prison Authority.
In a press release, the head of the Palestinian Detainees’ Committee Issa Qaraqe, and the head of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society, announced that the detainees have reached an agreement with the Israeli authorities, regarding their legitimate demands, and have officially suspended their strike.
The detainees added that an agreement was reached after extensive, 24-hour-long talks between detained Palestinian leaders and the prison authority.
1800 Palestinian detainees including prominent leaders such as Marwan Barghouti from Al-Fatah (Fatah) and Ahmad Sa’adat, the Secretary-general of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), among many others, started their hunger strike on April 17.
Detained Leader – Marwan Barghouthi, www.shasha.ps
The now suspended strike lasted for 41 days and the health of some of the prisoners whose health was already affected due to long-term imprisonment and mismanagement and maltreatment deteriorated dangerously over the last week. The agreement was reached as Muslims throughout the world began celebrating the month of Ramadan.
The detainees had demanded a number of changes including installing public phones in all prisons, contact to family members, demands pertaining medical issues, rights of female detainees, transportation, as well as a number of privileges; Many of these privileges and rights had been previously granted only to be suspended again.
Regarding family visits the hunger striking detainees had demanded; Resuming visits for siblings, grandparents and other non-immediate family members, that were suspended by the International Committee of the Red Cross; Allowing family visits twice a month, without interruptions; To stop preventing any immediate or non-immediate family members from visiting with the detainees; Increasing visit times from 45 minutes to 90 minutes; Allowing the detainees to be photographed with their families once every three months; Building necessary facilities in front of prisons to provide comfort to visitors and families; Allowing all children and grandchildren of the detainees to visit with them.
Concerning medial issues the detainees had demanded; The closing the Ramla Prison Clinic due to its lack of basic essential equipment and medication; Ending medical neglect of the detainees; Allowing regular medical checkups; Ensuring surgery without delays for ailing detainees; Allowing specialized physicians from all medical fields to examine the detainees; Releasing disabled prisoners, prisoners with special needs and chronic diseases; And exempting the detainees from the costs of medications.
PFLP Secretary-General Ahmed Sa’adat in court. File photo.
Concerning female detainees the hunger strikers had demanded special transfers to other prisons and allowing direct physical contact with immediate family members. Concerning transports the detainees demanded that detainees be treated humanely during transfers. This includes to stop holding the detainees for extended periods at military barriers, and to return them back to prison immediately after every court session; As well as providing humane shelter at barriers and roadblocks while transferring the detainees to and from prisons and courts, so that the detainees can rest during the extended transfers.
Other demands included satellite TV channels that fit the needs of the detainees, installing air-conditioners in prisons, especially Majeddo and Galboa, re-installing kitchens in the prisons and make them under the supervision and use of the detainees, allowing books, newspapers, clothes, food and other special items to be transferred to the detainees during visits, ending the use of solitary confinement, ending Administrative Detention, reinstating the educational programs at the Hebrew Open University for all detainees, as well as allowing the detainees to undergo high school exams, as previously agreed. It is currently unknown to nsnbc which of these demands have been met or partially met and the exact terms and conditions that led to the suspension of the hunger strike.
F/AK – nsnbc 28.05.2017
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