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Monday, November 30, 2009

Hunger strike continues at Juneid prison

Ma'an
Twelve Palestinian detainees held at Juneid prison in Nablus continued their hunger strike for the fourth consecutive day in protest against their detention on Monday.

One of the prisoners told Ma’an in a telephone interview that the strike was undertaken as a protest against Israel’s refusal to pardon the prisoners and a call to Palestinian Authority officials to discuss their cases with Israel. Full story
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