Samer Issawi injured in custody, suffers medical negligence

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Samer Issawi Samer Issawi has suffered a serious head injury while in custody in Ramleh prison, his sister Shireen Issawi has stated today on her Facebook page.

 

“In a telephone call from Ibtisam Al Anati, a lawyer from the Hurriyaat center, after her visit to Samer Issawi today in what is known as the hospital of Ramleh prison, she declared that he encountered her in a state of physical weakness, with a pale face and in a bad health condition.

He is a victim of medical negligence, and is receiving no medical care, nor any food that is suitable for the state of his health. He is suffering from repeated bouts of unconsciousness, and from severe pain in his head and chest. Today, he fell unconscious, which led to a serious head wound, which needed to be repaired with 6 sutures.

Samer Issawi has called for a continuation of pressure upon the forces of occupation to transfer him to a civilian hospital, in order to receive the necessary medical care. He sealed a historical victory in the longest uninterrupted hunger strike for freedom, that lasted for 278 continuous days.”


(translated from Arabic by Tariq Shadid)

 

 

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