Palestinian prisoner launches fifth hunger strike in Israel detention

Palestinian prisoner Khader Adnan has launched a hunger strike to protest his arbitrary detention in Israeli prisons after the occupation’s court in Salem extended his detention until 7 June, the Al-Aseel Club said.

Adnan was arrested on 30 May without charge. This is the twelfth time he has been detained, having spent a total of eight years in Israeli prisons, the majority under administrative detention, without charge or trial.

He has staged four hunger strikes, three of which were to reject his administrative detention.

In 2004, he went on a hunger strike for 25 days to reject being held in solitary confinement, in 2012 he launched a second hunger strike which lasted 66 days, in 2015 his hunger strike came to an end after 56 days and in 2018 he went on a hunger strike for 58 days.

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