The artistic director of The Freedom Theatre, Nabil Al-Raee, has declared that he has begun an open hunger strike in protest against his current detention in an Israeli Prison. Al-Raee officially began his hunger strike on the 6th of July, stating "I don't know why I'm here. There is no reason for them to keep me here."
Nabil Al-Raee was arrested on the 6th of June at 3:00 am, during a night raid by the IOF. For the first two weeks of his imprisonment, both his lawyer and his family were not allowed to visit him and no charges were brought against him.
In Nabil Al-Raee's second court case, the military judge declared that there was no evidence of any illegal activity committed by Al-Raee. However, the military judge gave the prosecution a 48-hour time period to appeal, which they did; bringing forward a third accusation. His current charges consist of possessing firearms and assisting a wanted fugitive. Micaela Miranda, Nabil's wife, described the charges as a "farce," and continued on to say that, "It's ridiculous and obvious that they are trying to find justification for keeping Nabil incarcerated for so long."
The arrest and detention without charge of Nabil Al-Raee is just one example of the harassment that The Freedom Theatre has been experiencing in the past year. Since the assassination of the co-founder of The Freedom Theatre, Juliano Mer Khamis in April of 2011, The Freedom Theatre and its staff have been the target of constant harassment by Israeli forces. more
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