Alwaght- It is 36 days that Muhammad al-Qiq, a Palestinian journalist has gone on a hunger strike and his health condition has entered the danger zone, his lawyer Ashraf Abu Snina said. It is said that he is scheduled to be taken to Afula hospital.
Palestinian journalist Muhammad al-Qiq, a 33 year-old reporter, was arrested from his home in al-Khalil more than a month ago and was subjected to tough investigation for 20 days before being held into administrative detention which forced him to declare a hunger strike. Based on the Palestinian Information Center, Al-Qiq has announced that he is determined to continue his strike till his release at any costs.
Administrative detention is a notorious military violence that allows the Israeli regime to hold captives for an indefinite period. The inhuman process also allows for arrest based on secret evidence, and there is no requirement to charge the detainees or to allow them to stand trial.
This is not a new event in occupied Palestine while earlier in july 2014, a leading figure in the Islamic Jihad political party Adnan, who launched on an indefinite hunger strike on April 6, was detained by Israeli regime forces at his home in Arrabeh, in the northern West Bank.
Last Week a human rights group has issued a report documenting Israeli violations against journalist and press freedom over 2015, stating that Israeli forces carried out nearly 600 violations against journalists in occupied Palestine since the beginning of 2015. During the reported period, Israeli forces killed 2 journalists and shot and injured 190 others while 85 journalists were arrested including a foreigner.
