Occupation renews administrative detention of 11 Palestinian prisoners

Tadhamun Foundation for Human Rights reported that the occupation authorities renewed on Tuesday the administrative detention of 11 Palestinian prisoners, including captive Samer Barq and two MPs. Osama Maqboul, the Foundation's lawyer for administrative detainees, said the occupation authorities extended for 6 months the administrative detention of prisoner Samer Barq, aged 39 from the village of Jayyous near Qalqilya, who had been on hunger strike for over 120 days. He noted that Barq halted his hunger strike after the Israeli authorities promised to release him and deport him outside the Palestinian territories; however the occupation has refused to fulfill its promises. The occupation has also renewed the detention of the Secretary of the Palestinian Legislative Council Mahmoud Ahmed Ramahi from Ramallah for 6 months, and the MP for al-Khalil governorate Bassem Zarir for 4 months. They were both arrested in November 23, 2012. Maqboul added that the occupation has also renewed the administrative detention of 8 other prisoners.