Palestinian political prisoner Khader Adnan reportedly decided ended his powerful, humbling and very life-threatening hunger strike of 66 days this evening after his lawyer negotiated an agreement with the military prosecutor that meets those conditions that Khader Adnan had names as minimum in order for him to end his hunger strike. This agreement will see Adnan released on April 17, with the assurance that he will not receive yet another order of “administrative detention“.
While I want to express my respect, gratitude and thanks to Khader Adnan and everyone who is part of the struggle to end his unlawful detention, let’s not forget that Adnan is still to be kept under “administrative detention” for another two months, even though he has not been charged with any crime!
Let’s keep up the energy that Adnan’s empowering act of resistance has generated and continue to highlight the cases of the other 300+ Palestinians administrative detainees!
Let’s call attention to the cases of over 4000 Palestinians, including over 160 children and five women who currently remain in brutal military prisons where torture, sexual abuse and denial of rights is common!
Let’s expose the cruelty of the arbitrary Zionist military court system – a military system and law that is being forcefully imposed on Palestinians in their homeland and which was never recognized as legitimate by its sole targets – that attempts to grant an air of legitimacy to a fundamentally flawed, unjust and racist practice of randomly imprisoning Palestinians both to justify and distract from the ongoing colonization and annexation of their lands!
Let’s unite once more to free the remaining two prisoners who are considered to be at risk: writer and political scientist Ahmad Qatamish (who was previously held for over five years in “administrative detention”) and nurse and paramedic Ayed Mohammad Salem Duden!
Let’s keep up the inspiration and strength we gained through Adnan’s indescribable resistance to FREE THEM ALL! Never doubt that together, we can do so much more!