After more than a month on hunger strike, Hanaa Shalabi is in “immediate
mortal danger” and at “risk of coma” according to a Physicians for Human
Rights doctor. Shalabi’s strike came at the heels of another high profile
campaign by Khader Adnan who survived a 66 day hunger strike before
the Israeli authorities decided to release him. Both were arrested under
Administrative Detention, a military order that allows Israeli authorities to
arrest anyone and hold them indefinitely, without charge or trial. The Real
News’ Lia Tarachansky met with the families of the two prisoners and
spoke to lawyers Shawan Jabarin for Al Haq and Sahar Francis of
Addameer about the mass imprisonment of Palestinians
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