UFree Prisoner hunger strike campaign marks an impact

Monday 10th October 2011

Last week, UFree launched a mass campaign aimed at Parliamentarians and Human rights NGOs to mobilise support for Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike against the cruel and degrading conditions they are subjected to by the Israeli Prisons Service and its complete violations of international law.

Since then, it has received a number of positive queries from British MPs who are interested in learning about why the Prisoners are striking and how they are treated in prison.

Amnesty International group and UFree both agreed to campaign for justice and equality for the prisoners – UFree has provided Amnesty group with reports on the details of the strike and the violations of human rights that are occurring and case studies on Palestinian prisoners.

UFree has launched an online petition is support of the Prisoners on hunger strike and will be lobbying British MPs to table a motion when Parliament resumes.

The chair of UFree, Mohammed Hamdan, said 'the world must no longer ignore the complete disregard for international laws and conventions by the Israeli occupation'. He called for all champions of human rights to support the Prisoners by – signing the petition, writing to the Israeli Embassy in their countries, contacting their Members of Parliament and raising awareness about the strike via social networks.

If you would like to add your support, please email us at: campaigns@ufree-p.net.
Support Palestinians hunger strike petition: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/supportpalestinianshungerstrike

UFree is an independent European-wide human rights network; set up to defend the rights of Palestinian prisoners and detainees.

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