Amnesty: Khader Adnan’s Death Highlights Israel’s Cruel Treatment of Palestinian Prisoners

B.M | DOP - 6 May, 2023

Amnesty International said that the death of hunger-striking prisoner Khader Adnan reflects Israel’s brutality against Palestinian prisoners.

In a report, Amnesty pointed out that Adnan’s death Khader Adnan is a reminder of the deadly cost that Palestinians pay for challenging Israel’s apartheid and a military justice system rigged against them.

Heba Morayef, Amnesty International’s Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa, stated that when Adnan’s life was at risk, Israeli authorities refused his access to the specialized care he needed in a civilian hospital and instead left him to die alone in his cell.

“The appalling treatment of such a high-profile detainee is the latest alarming sign that Israeli authorities are growing increasingly brazen in their contempt for Palestinians’ rights and lives, and increasingly reckless in their cruelty towards Palestinians,” said Heba Morayef.

The report indicated that Adnan is the first Palestinian detainee to die as a result of a hunger strike since 1992, adding that the appalling treatment against him is the latest alarming sign that Israel is growing increasingly brazen in their contempt for Palestinians’ rights and lives.

Khader Adnan, 45, a father of 9 children, died in Israeli prisons after 86 days of hunger strike in Israeli prisons. He spent in Israeli prisons a total of 8 years, during which he went through five hunger strikes.