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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>► </span><span class=GramE><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Please</span></b></span><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'> Take Action: </span></b>(and ask others to do so)<b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></b></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>Palestinian prisoners’ rights group <span
class=SpellE>Addameer</span> (<cite><i><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:
Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><a href="http://www.addameer.org/"><span
style='font-style:normal'>www.</span><b><span style='font-weight:bold;
font-style:normal'>addame</span></b><span style='font-style:normal'>er.or</span><span
style='font-style:normal'>g</span></a>) </span></font></i></cite>and now Stop
FBI Repression (<cite><i><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><a href="http://www.stopfbi.net/"><span
style='font-style:normal'>www.</span><b><span style='font-weight:bold;
font-style:normal'>stopfbi</span></b><span style='font-style:normal'>.net</span></a>)
</span></font></i></cite><span class=GramE>are</span> calling for support of
Palestinians on hunger strike for being kept in administrative detention. See
Press Release with more details at the bottom of this message.<i><span
style='font-style:italic'><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'><br>
<b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Ask the Obama administration to demand that <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Israel</st1:place></st1:country-region> release
Palestinian political prisoners being held without charges including <span
class=SpellE>Samer</span> <span class=SpellE>Issawi</span> who has been on a
hunger strike for over 200 days.</span></b> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'><br>
<span class=GramE>Call Office of Near East Affairs 1-202-647-7209.</span> <br>
<br>
Call President Obama 202-456-1111 and email him at:<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact">http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>► <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal;mso-no-proof:yes'>If you
have not already done so: </span></b></span></font><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><font size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal;mso-no-proof:yes'><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:yes'>Boycott
SodaStream and sign the petition: <a
href="http://www.change.org/petitions/tell-stores-don-t-buy-or-sell-sodastream-3#share">www.change.org/petitions/tell-stores-don-t-buy-or-sell-sodastream-3#share</a>.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><br>
Also please sign the Interfaith Boycott Campaign to Boycott SodaStream
Petition:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><a
href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/641/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=12341">http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/641/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=12341</a></span></font><span
style='mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>► <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font
color=green><span style='color:green;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'>Upcoming events: </span></font></b><font color=green><span
style='color:green'>(please attend and bring your friends, family, colleagues, and
others)<b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=green face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:green'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=2 color=green
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:green;font-weight:bold'>Thursday,
Feb 21</span></font></b><font size=2 color=green><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
color:green'><span style='color:000000'>, 6:30pm, Film: Oscar Nominee <a
href="http://www.kinolorber.com/5brokencameras"><font color=green><span
style='color:green'>5 Broken Cameras</span></font></a>. <span class=GramE>A deeply
personal, first-hand account of non-violent resistance in <span class=SpellE>Bil’in</span>,
a village in <st1:City w:st="on">Palestine</st1:City>’s <st1:place w:st="on">West
Bank</st1:place>.</span> Art Annex, U.C. Davis campus, <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Davis</st1:place></st1:City>. FMI: rzfeldman@gmail.com </span><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=green
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:green'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=2 color=green
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:green;font-weight:bold'>Friday,
Feb 22</span></font></b><font size=2 color=green><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
color:green'><span style='color:000000'>, 7pm, Oscar Nominee <a
href="http://www.kinolorber.com/5brokencameras"><font color=green><span
style='color:green'>5 Broken Cameras</span></font></a>. <span class=GramE>A
deeply personal, first-hand account of non-violent resistance in <span
class=SpellE>Bil’in</span>, a village in <st1:City w:st="on">Palestine</st1:City>’s
<st1:place w:st="on">West Bank</st1:place>.</span> <span class=GramE>Little
Theater, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Sacramento</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">City</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">College</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>,
<st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">3835 Freeport Blvd</st1:address></st1:Street>,
Sac.</span> <a
href="http://www.scc.losrios.edu/About_SCC/Parking_and_Transportation.htm"><font
color=green><span style='color:green'>Parking</span></font></a> free in lots;
paid in parking structure. FMI: 916-558-2431; pattons@scc.losrios.edu </span><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=green
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:green'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=2 color=green
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:green;font-weight:bold'>Saturday,
Feb 23</span></font></b><font size=2 color=green><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
color:green'><span style='color:000000'>, 11am - 1pm, <span class=SpellE>Bannering</span>
& leafleting at Target & Bed Bath & Beyond, to boycott <span
class=SpellE>SodaStream</span>, made in an illegal Israeli settlement on stolen
Palestinian land. Meet at Target, <st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address
w:st="on">3601 N Freeway Blvd</st1:address></st1:Street>, <st1:City w:st="on">Sacramento</st1:City></st1:address>.
<a
href="http://www.change.org/petitions/tell-stores-don-t-buy-or-sell-sodastream-3#share"><font
color=green><span style='color:green'>Sign the petition.</span></font></a> FMI:
SacramentoBDS@gmail.com </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=green
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:green'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><font size=2 color=green face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
color:green;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Wednesday, Feb 27</span></font></b><font
size=2 color=green><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:green'><span
style='color:000000'>, 7pm, Film: <a href="http://roadmaptoapartheid.org/"><font
color=green><span style='color:green'>Roadmap to Apartheid</span></font></a>, exploring
the striking parallels between South African and Israeli apartheid Sol
Collective, <st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">2574 21st St</st1:Street>,
<st1:City w:st="on">Sacramento</st1:City></st1:address>, FMI: <a
href="mailto:sacramento@jewishvoiceforpeace.org"><font color=green><span
style='color:green'>sacramento@jewishvoiceforpeace.org</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=green
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:green'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=2 color=green
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:green;font-weight:bold'>Wednesday,
Mar 6</span></font></b><font size=2 color=green><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
color:green'><span style='color:000000'>, 6:30pm, Film: <a
href="http://roadmaptoapartheid.org"><font color=green><span style='color:green'>Roadmap
to Apartheid</span></font></a>, exploring the striking parallels between South
African and Israeli apartheid. Blanchard <span class=SpellE>Rm</span>, Library,
<st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">315 East 14th St</st1:Street>, <st1:City
w:st="on">Davis</st1:City></st1:address>. FMI: fabersunne@sbcglobal.net;
530-747-0185. </span><b><span style='font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=2 color=green
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:green;font-weight:bold'><br>
Sunday, Mar 10</span></font></b><font size=2 color=green><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:green'><span style='color:000000'>, 12:30pm, <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">Marsha Carlton</st1:PersonName>, of Friends of Sabeel Sacramento
Region, speaks about her participation in the "Keep Hope Alive" fall
2012 olive harvest campaign in <st1:City w:st="on">Palestine</st1:City>'s West
Bank and visit to <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Gaza</st1:place></st1:City>.
<st1:City w:st="on"><span class=GramE>Westminster</span></st1:City><span
class=GramE> Peace and Justice Forum, Club Room, <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Westminster</st1:place></st1:City> Presbyterian, 1300 N St, Sac.</span>
FMI: 916-444-7783. </span><b><span style='font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=green
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:green'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=2 color=green
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:green;font-weight:bold'>Tuesday,
Apr 9</span></font></b><font size=2 color=green><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
color:green'><span style='color:000000'>, 7pm, Peace Begins with a Home: Faith
and Human Rights in <st1:country-region w:st="on">Israel</st1:country-region>
and <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Palestine</st1:place></st1:City>.
Talk by Jeff <span class=SpellE>Halper</span>, Nobel <span class=GramE>prize</span>
nominee and founder of the <a href="http://www.icahd.org"><font color=green><span
style='color:green'>Israeli Committee Against Home Demolitions (ICAHD)</span></font></a>.
<span class=GramE>First United <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Methodist</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Church</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, <st1:address
w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">2100 J Street</st1:Street>, <st1:City w:st="on">Sacramento</st1:City></st1:address>.</span>
FMI: sabeelsacramento@gmail.com </span><b><span style='font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=green
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:green'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=2 color=green
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:green;font-weight:bold'>Sunday,
Apr 28</span></font></b><font size=2 color=green><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
color:green'><span style='color:000000'>, 10am-2pm. Protest the “Walk for <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Israel</st1:place></st1:country-region>”,
details TBA.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=green
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:green'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=2 color=green
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:green;font-weight:bold'>Sunday,
Apr 28</span></font></b><font size=2 color=green><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
color:green'><span style='color:000000'>, 7pm, Comedian and songster <a
href="http://www.davelippman.com"><font color=green><span style='color:green'>Dave
Lippman</span></font></a> performs in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Sacramento</st1:place></st1:City>.
Sol Collective, <st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">2574 21st Street</st1:Street>,
<st1:City w:st="on">Sacramento</st1:City></st1:address>. FMI:
SacramentoBDS@gmail.com. </span>Listen to <span class=SpellE>Lippman’s</span> <span
class=SpellE>SodaStream</span> medley:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><a
href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsxx6RxqcwM&list=PL6YUqv3vrMsCnL_SX5nhL5Xu83CUBT9c3&index=5">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsxx6RxqcwM&list=PL6YUqv3vrMsCnL_SX5nhL5Xu83CUBT9c3&index=5</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 color=green
face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:green'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=4 color=red face=Helvetica><span
style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:red;font-weight:bold'>Press
Release on Alert for Palestinian Prisoners<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=1 color=red face=Helvetica><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:red;font-weight:bold'><br>
From: </span></font></b><font size=1 color=red face=Helvetica><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:red'>"<span
class=SpellE>Addameer</span> Association" <<a
href="mailto:info@addameer.ps" title="mailto:info@addameer.ps"><font color=red><span
style='color:red'>info@addameer.ps</span></font></a>></span></font><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=1 color=red face=Helvetica><span
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size=1 color=red face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
color:red'>February 20, 2013 7:07:18 AM PST</span></font><font size=1
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=1 color=red face=Helvetica><span
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color:red'>"<span class=SpellE>Addameer</span> Association" <<a
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=1 color=red face=Helvetica><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:red;font-weight:bold'>Subject:
<span class=SpellE>Addameer</span>, Al-<span class=SpellE>Haq</span> &
PHR-I Joint Statement: Immediate action needed to ensure <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Israel</st1:place></st1:country-region> respects
hunger-strikers’ rights</span></font></b><font size=1 color=red><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;color:red'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;color:red'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:red'><span style='WIDOWS: 2;ORPHANS: 2;
-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px;-webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px;
-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><O:P> <i><span
style='font-style:italic'></O:P>Ramallah-Jaffa, 20 February 2013<span
class=apple-converted-space> </span></span></i>– <span class=SpellE>Addameer</span>,
Al-<span class=SpellE>Haq</span> and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel
(PHR-Israel) express their grave concern for the health of four Palestinian
hunger-strikers and outrage at the continued use by Israel of administrative
detention as a widespread practice to punish and suppress Palestinian dissent against
the Israeli occupation. In violation of international law, the Israeli Prison
Service (IPS) has prohibited the hunger strikers from receiving family visits
as well as denying them access to <span class=SpellE>Addameer</span> lawyers
and independent physicians. Due to <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Israel</st1:place></st1:country-region>’s use of administrative
detention, and the lack of due process afforded to Palestinians in the military
court system, a hunger strike represents the <span class=SpellE>singlemost</span>
non-violent tool available to administrative detainees and other political
prisoners to fight for their basic human rights.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<O:P></O:P>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 color=red
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:red'><O:P> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</O:P>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 color=red
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:red'>Each
of the prisoners in question has been placed in isolation as a punitive measure
at some point during their hunger strike as well as being subjected to other
forms of ill-treatment and intimidation. These include beatings, almost-daily
cell and body searches and shackling to hospital beds. In addition, the IPS has
confiscated all personal material belonging to the prisoners.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<O:P></O:P>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 color=red
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:red'><O:P> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</O:P>
<p class=msolistparagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-line-height-alt:10.2pt'><font size=2 color=red face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:red'>· <span
class=apple-converted-space> </span>At a hearing yesterday, <span
class=SpellE>Samer</span> <span class=SpellE>Issawi</span>, who is in a
life-threatening condition and weighs less than 48 kilograms after being on
intermittent hunger strike for more than 200 days, was denied release on bail
by the Jerusalem Magistrate Court. <span class=SpellE>Samer</span> is
protesting his arbitrary re-arrest after his release in a prisoner exchange on
18 October 2011. Using Military Order 1651, Article 186, the military
prosecution is requesting that he serve the twenty years that remain from his
previous sentence. <span class=SpellE>Samer</span> is suffering from various
health conditions including low blood pressure and irregular heart rate, severe
pain in the kidney region, muscle pain and constant headaches.<O:P></O:P><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=msolistparagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-line-height-alt:10.2pt'><font size=2 color=red face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:red'>· <span
class=apple-converted-space> </span><span class=SpellE>Tarek</span> <span
class=SpellE>Qa’adan</span> and <span class=SpellE>Jafar</span> <span
class=SpellE>Azzidine</span> have been on hunger strike for 86 days in protest
against their detention without charge or trial. Neither man has access to the information
upon which his detention is based, therefore undermining their ability to
effectively challenge the administrative detention order. On 12 February, <span
class=SpellE>Tarek</span> and <span class=SpellE>Jafar</span> told PHR-Israel’s
lawyer that they were no longer taking any supplements or vitamins, adding
further threat to their lives. <span class=SpellE>Tarek</span> and <span
class=SpellE>Jafar</span> were informed by the prison doctor that due to their
rapidly deteriorating health, they were at risk of imminent heart attack unless
they received adequate medical treatment. Both men have expressed their wish to
be monitored by and receive impartial medical consultation from physicians of
PHR-<span class=GramE>Israel,</span> however, this request has been ignored by
the IPS. <span class=SpellE>Tarek</span> and <span class=SpellE>Jafar</span>
are both being held under administrative detention orders, which are due to
expire on 22 February 2013.<O:P></O:P><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=msolistparagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-line-height-alt:10.2pt;background:white;background-origin: initial;
background-clip: initial'><font size=2 color=red face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:red'>· <span
class=apple-converted-space> </span><span class=SpellE>Ayman</span> <span
class=SpellE>Sharawna</span> has been on hunger strike since 1 July 2012,
except for a brief reprieve in January 2013 when he believed that his case was
moving in a positive direction. He is protesting the Israeli prosecution’s
attempt to have him serve the remaining 28 years of his previous sentence. <span
class=SpellE>Ayman</span> was released in the 18 October 2011 prisoner exchange
but was re-arrested on 31 January 2012. Since then, he has been held without
charge or trial, based on a “secret administrative file” which alleges
that he breached the terms of the exchange deal. <span class=SpellE>Ayman</span>
and his lawyer have not been granted access to this secret file or allowed to
know the nature of his alleged breach of contract. At a Supreme Court hearing
today to contest the legitimacy of his detention under Military Order 1651,
Article 186, <span class=SpellE>Ayman’s</span> case was referred back to the <st1:Street
w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Military Court</st1:address></st1:Street>,
which will hear his case at a later date.<span style='background-origin: initial;
background-clip: initial'><span class=apple-converted-space><span
style='background:white'> </span></span></span>While in court, <span
class=SpellE>Ayman</span> told <span class=SpellE>Addameer’s</span> lawyer that
as of 16 January he had only been drinking water. <span class=SpellE>Ayman</span>
has also been under continuous pressure from the Israeli General Security
Service to end his hunger strike.<O:P></O:P><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:justify;background:
white;background-origin: initial;background-clip: initial'><st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font size=2 color=red face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:red'>Israel</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2 color=red><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:red'>’s widespread practice of administrative detention constitutes a
serious breach of international humanitarian and human rights law. While
administrative detention is allowed under international humanitarian law, it
must be used only under exceptional circumstances as it infringes upon basic
human rights, including right to a fair trial. There are currently 178
Palestinians being held under administrative detention orders, including five
democratically elected Palestinian Legislative Council members. Administrative
detainees should at all times be entitled to habeas corpus remedy, be informed
of the reasons for detention and be allowed regular family visits. This form of
arbitrary arrest also contravenes Articles 9 and 14 of the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.<o:p></o:p></span></font><O:P></O:P></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 color=red
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:red'>In
March of last year the United Nations (UN) Committee on the Elimination of all
forms of Racial Discrimination urged <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Israel</st1:place></st1:country-region> to end its current practice
of administrative detention, which it referred to as discriminatory and
constituting arbitrary detention under international human rights law.
Similarly, Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the European Union, this
week called upon <st1:country-region w:st="on">Israel</st1:country-region> to
allow for the immediate restoration to the hunger strikers of family visiting
rights and called upon <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Israel</st1:place></st1:country-region>
to bring formal charges against the hunger-strikers with a view to providing
them with a fair trial without delay. Also this week, UN Secretary-General Ban <span
class=SpellE>Ki</span>-moon reiterated the call to <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Israel</st1:place></st1:country-region> for administrative detainees
to be charged and granted a fair trial, or be promptly released.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<O:P></O:P>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 color=red
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:red'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<O:P></O:P>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 color=red
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:red'>Such
calls for <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Israel</st1:place></st1:country-region>
to abide by its international law obligations echo countless others that have
been issued by the international community over decades. We are concerned that,
like those before them, they will be ignored by <st1:country-region w:st="on">Israel</st1:country-region>
until the Member States of the UN begin to support their rhetoric with concrete
action and ensure that <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Israel</st1:place></st1:country-region>
can no longer violate international law with impunity.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<O:P></O:P>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 color=red
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:red'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<O:P></O:P>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span class=SpellE><font size=2
color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:red'>Addameer</span></font></span><font size=2 color=red><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:red'>, Al-<span
class=SpellE>Haq</span> and PHR-Israel demand that all hunger-striking
prisoners are transferred to civilian hospitals immediately, where they should
receive adequate medical care without being shackled. The shackling of
hunger-striking prisoners in civilian hospitals is in violation of medical
ethics as well as the guidelines of the Israeli Ministry of Health, the Israeli
Medical Association, and the IPS. In addition, family visits, along with regular
access to independent medical care and lawyers should be fully reinstated.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<O:P></O:P>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 color=red
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:red'>In
the absence of any formal charges against the hunger-strikers and
administrative detainees in general, and bearing in mind that the Israeli court
system does not offer a fair and transparent judicial process for Palestinians
- a point that was reiterated by the UN Fact-Finding Mission on Settlements - <span
class=SpellE>Addameer</span>, Al-<span class=SpellE>Haq</span> and PHR-Israel
also demand that all four prisoners and the remaining administrative detainees
be released without delay.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<O:P></O:P></span>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:red'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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