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Palestinian prisoner refused visits from daughter who has since died, entering 36th day of hunger strike


(Abeer, pictured above, died after being refused permission to visit her father)

From the International Middle East Media Center

The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) reported Friday that detainee Yousef Skafi, who has been on hunger strike for 34 days, was moved to Al Ramla prison hospital; he is currently in a serious condition. He went on strike after the death of his daughter who suffered nervous breakdown after being prevented from visiting him.

Skafi went on hunger strike after the death of his daughter, Abeer, who came to visit him with her mother, but the Israeli soldiers kept her waiting under the sun for an extended period, and eventually prevented her from visiting him.

After being forced back home without being allowed to visit her detained father, Abeer suffered a nervous breakdown that developed to paralysis before she passed away.

Skafi is suffering from kidney issues, while his health condition is gradually deteriorating; he currently cannot stand or walk and is constantly dizzy.

He needs urgent specialized medical attention that cannot be found at the prison hospital that lacks the basic medical equipment and medications.

Ailing detainees at the Al Ramla Prison Hospital are confined to their beds while shackled despite the fact that they suffer from chronic diseases, serious illnesses such as cancer, and some of them are paralyzed while others had open-heart surgeries. more
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  1. Anonymous17 July 2011 at 09:37

    What about Gilad Shalit, who has not even been allow to be visited by the Red Cross?

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  2. Anonymous17 July 2011 at 17:15

    who the hell is gilad shalit, is he one of the 7000 political prisoners from palestine? If so, then he should be released, but if he is a zionist fuckwhit killer, let him suffer the fate of all palestinians since 1948, to hell with shit shalit

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