URGENT APPEAL: Ref: UA 03/ 12.
NAME: Khader Adnan
VIOLATIONS: Illegal administrative detention of Palestinian prisoners
Khader Adnan, 33, a Palestinian prisoner who has refused food for 60 days and petitioned Israel's Supreme Court on Wednesday against his detention without charge, as thousands took to the streets in solidarity with him.
Adnan is a loving husband and father, a baker and student at Birzet University and is loved and respected by his community in Jenin.
Lawyer Jawad Bulus said he had lodged an urgent appeal with the Supreme Court to lift the administrative detention order in light of the rapidly deteriorating health of his client, Adnan, has been held by Israel without charge since December 17 under a procedure known as administrative detention.
Under Israeli law, a military tribunal can order an individual held without charge for up to six months at a time. Such orders can be extended by further six-month periods indefinitely, if approved in a new court session.
He began refusing food on December 18 2011, a day after his arrest and is now said to be close to death.
Adnan in his
own words made it clear that his protest is not only for himself, but for all prisoners detained illegally. Adnan has decided not to eat knowing the inevitable outcome. Herein lies his incredible bravery and his power of
non-violent resistance.
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