RAMALLAH (Ma'an) -- Hunger-striking Palestinian detainee Hana Shalabi says she will stay on strike until victory, despite pressure to back down after 34 days without food.
"It's true our lives are very precious, but our freedom is even more precious and more powerful than their cells," Shalabi said, according to her lawyer Jawad Bulus of the Palestinian prisoners society.
Bulus visited the detainee during medical tests Monday in Jaffa, before she was moved to the hospital in Ramla.
According to the attorney, Shalabi has been staying in the same room which once housed Khader Adnan, a hunger-striker who agreed to stop his strike after a deal with Israeli prosecutors.
Shalabi has lost about 16 kilos since starting her strike last month, Bulus said.
She claims the Israelis are using psychological pressure to force her to end her strike. Shalabi also complained that the room is unusually cold, and she suffers pain to muscles and her chest.
The hunger-striker also disputed claims that she refused to meet a lawyer, saying the prison authorities had actually demanded that she undergo tests before her lawyer arrived. She refused. more
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