Five European and Middle East human rights organizations warned that three Palestinian prisoners in occupation jails risk death due to their continued hunger strike for more than 3 months.
The five organizations called on the United Nations Commission for Human Rights to bear its responsibilities towards the sharp health deterioration of the prisoner Samer al-Barq, who is on his 117th day of renewed hunger strike, and Hassan Safadi, who has been on renewed hunger strike for 87 days, and Ayman Sharawna who has refused food for 77 days.
The three hunger strikers are in a critical condition, and at risk of death in Israeli jail, the five organizations said in a statement issued on Sunday.
Samer barq is threatened to start losing brain cells, affecting his vital functions and could limit his ability to recover, the statement added.
The statement pointed out that the three prisoners completely lost their ability to do any physical activity, while Safadi suffers loss of sensation in parts of his body, according to a statement released by the international committee of the Red Cross on Sunday.
The five Human Rights organizations which issued the statement were Euro-Mid Observer- Geneva, Rights of All-Geneva, Friends of Humanity International- Vienna, Freedom and Justice- Tunis and The Palestinian Centre for Justice- Stockholm. They called for an end to the strikers' unfair and illegal detention, and urged a prompt solution.
The organizations also called for an end to the Israeli brutal policy against the three prisoners, on the brink of death in the Assaf Harofe hospital in flagrant violation to patients' rights for treatment in appropriate psychological condition.
The five organizations pointed out that the Israeli authorities paid no attention to the European condemnation towards the Israeli extensive use of administrative detention orders.
All three prisoners are being held without charge. In May, Israeli authorities had pledged to limit administrative detention orders after a coordinated hunger strike throughout Israeli prisons against conditions for imprisoned Palestinians.
