{"id":15710,"date":"2012-02-19T11:42:02","date_gmt":"2012-02-19T07:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mideastposts.com\/?p=15710"},"modified":"2013-03-08T11:44:22","modified_gmt":"2013-03-08T07:44:22","slug":"hunger-for-freedom-its-time-to-act-on-khader-adnan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mideastposts.com\/showcase\/hunger-for-freedom-its-time-to-act-on-khader-adnan\/","title":{"rendered":"Hunger for Freedom: It’s Time to Act on Khader Adnan"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>It is difficult to believe in freedom, justice and human rights without being touched, one way or another, by the plight of Khader Adnan, a Palestinian held under Administrative Detention in Israel.<\/p>\n

Today, Khader Adnan enters day 63 of his hunger strike to protest his detention without charges or trial.<\/p>\n

Administrative Detention is arrest and detention of individuals by the state without trial, usually for security reasons. The legal basis for Israel’s use of Administrative Detention is the British Mandate 1945 Law on Authority in States of Emergency as amended in 1979.<\/p>\n

Khader Adnan was seized from his home south of Jenin on the West Bank on December 17, 2011 by Israeli military and security personnel. He is now in Israel\u2019s Rebecca Ziv Hospital in Safed where he is chained to his bed.<\/p>\n

Khader Adnan is 31 years old. He has rallied the hopes and aspirations of the Palestinian people and their supporters for rights, dignity and self-determination.<\/p>\n

France\u2019s Foreign Ministry<\/a> yesterday (February 17) appealed to Israel for his release. It said:<\/p>\n

\u00ab\u00a0Nous esp\u00e9rons que les autorit\u00e9s isra\u00e9liennes prendront une mesure humanitaire en faveur de M. Khader Adnan, compte-tenu de la pr\u00e9carit\u00e9 de son \u00e9tat de sant\u00e9. Nous suivons de pr\u00e8s la situation de ce d\u00e9tenu palestinien et sommes en contact avec les autorit\u00e9s isra\u00e9liennes \u00e0 ce sujet.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00ab\u00a0La France rappelle que la d\u00e9tention administrative doit rester une mesure d\u2019exception, d\u2019une dur\u00e9e limit\u00e9e et dont la mise en \u0153uvre assure le respect des garanties fondamentales, en particulier les droits de la d\u00e9fense du d\u00e9tenu.\u00a0\u00bb<\/em><\/p>\n

Amnesty International<\/a> has appealed to Israel to end the use of Administrative Detention and the release of Khader Adnan. It says:<\/p>\n

Palestinian activist Khader Adnan has been on hunger strike since 18 December 2011 in protest against his detention by the Israeli authorities without charge or trial.<\/em><\/p>\n

Khader Adnan started his hunger strike the day following his arrest from his home in the occupied West Bank to protest his ill-treatment by the Israel Security Agency (ISA).<\/em><\/p>\n

On 10 January 2012 he was given a four-month administrative detention order signed by a military commander. It ends on 8 May but could be renewed indefinitely.<\/em> Khader Adnan is now in a hospital in northern Israel. After more than 60 days on hunger strike, doctors warn that his life is in imminent danger. He is still under detention and is shackled to his hospital bed at all times and under constant armed guard.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Administrative detention is a procedure under which detainees are held without charge or trial for periods of up to six months, which can be renewed repeatedly. Under administrative detention, detainees’ rights to a fair trial as guaranteed by Article 14 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) are consistently violated.<\/em><\/p>\n

Khader Adnan is one of 309 Palestinians currently held in administrative detention by the Israeli authorities, including one man held for over five years and 24 Palestinian Legislative Council members. Hundreds of other Palestinian detainees and prisoners have joined Khader Adnan’s hunger strike.<\/em><\/p>\n

Take Action<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Support Palestinian activist Khader Adnan\u2019s protest for respect for the human rights of Palestinians in Israeli detention. Call on the Israeli Minister of Defense to:<\/em><\/p>\n