4 Palestinian Hunger-striking Detainees Face Worsening Health
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Four hunger-striking Palestinians detainees have experienced worsening health conditions, according to statements released on Thursday.
Al-Hremi, a Bethlehem resident, has been on hunger strike for 34 days in protest of being held in administrative detention -- an "Israeli" policy of internment without charge or trial.
A lawyer from the committee Loay Akka added that the health of two other detainees, the Balboul brothers, is worsening each day, saying that they have been suffering from allergies, shortage of vitamins, weight loss, and extreme exhaustion.
Muhammad and Mahmoud Balboul have been on hunger strike for 45 and 48 days respectively in protest of their administrative detention.
Meanwhile, the Palestinian Prisoner's Society released a statement on Thursday saying that 45-yera-old Palestinian prisoner Bassam al-Sayeh, a resident of Nablus who was detained on October 8, is being held in "Israel's" Ramla detention camp hospital where his health has also worsened.
Al-Sayeh attended a meeting with his lawyer on a wheelchair, according to the statement, and reportedly faced difficulty speaking. The lawyer demanded to sit closer to al-Sayeh to be able to hear him, but the prison authorities refused, forcing al-Sayeh to write to his lawyer on a piece of paper.
According to his lawyer, al-Sayeh is suffering from blood cancer and heart failure, and was taken to the Zionist Assaf Harofeh Medical Center after suffering from severe pains, breathing problems, and a lung infection.
The statement added that after going through several medicals tests, the Palestinian Society has proved the prisoner's need for receiving a heart device implant.
Relatively, the "Israeli" apartheid regime also blocked hunger-striking detainees from visiting their lawyers, claiming their health conditions could not permit the visits.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
