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Israel's Supreme Court rejects hunger striker's appeal

After more than 2 months of a hunger strike, Bilal Kayed—who has been kept in administrative detention after completing prison term for terrorist activities—loses appeal that he not be attached to his hospital bed.

The Israeli Supreme Court rejected the appeal of a Palestinian prisoner Wednesday who has been on a hunger strike for over two months, who asked that he not be attached to his hospital bed.

 

 

Bilal Kayed has continued his hunger strike since mid-June in protest against his continued administrative detention without new charges despite having completed his prison sentence.

 

Protest outside Barzilai Medical Center (Photo: Barel Efraim)
Protest outside Barzilai Medical Center (Photo: Barel Efraim)

 

The 34-year-old Kayed, who was sentenced to 14 years in prison in Israel for activities he carried out for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) at the height of the Second Intifada, has been subsisting solely on water and vitamins.

 

So dire did his situation become that he was taken to Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon where he was attached to a hospital bed by one leg.

 

His defense team’s request before the the Israeli Supreme Court that he be detached from the bed was rejected, with the court reasoning that partially hampering a prisoner was standard practice.

 

The Israeli Physicians for Human Rights said that the decision "disappointing."

 

"Bilal Kayed has been attached to his bed for many days now despite being hospitalized in an intensive care unit and despite his life being in danger," said the NGOs in a statement.

 

According to the Palestinian NGO Addameer defending Kayed, he "suffers from respiratory problems and has vision and hearing impairments. He also suffers from severe headaches."

 

Protest outside Barzilai Medical Center    (צילום: בראל אפרים)

Protest outside Barzilai Medical Center

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Kayed’s release from prison, which was due to take place in mid-June, was delayed after Israel decided to keep him in prison under administrative detention.

 

As an emergency measure, Israel is legally allowed to suspend habeas Corpus and may detain a prisoner without charge or trial for a period of up to six months—which can be indefinitely renewed.

 

Dozens of people turned up to protest outside the Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon a little over a week ago demanding Kayed’s release. During the demonstration, participants called him a hero and even attempted to break into the hospital by force.

 


פרסום ראשון: 08.24.16, 18:00
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