Prisoner Obaida Is’eed resumes the open hunger strike
The 16-year old prisoner Obaida Amer Is’eed resumed his open hunger strike last Friday as he is requesting to be transferred to one of the “security” prisons. Obaida’s father explained that he received a phone call from lawyer Hiba Masalha to inform him that she had visited his son last Sunday and that he resumed an open hunger strike 5 days ago (Friday) to protest against not transferring him to a “security” prison as he was promised by the prison’s administration and pointed out that he is in a critical medical and psychological situation. The father added that his son started the hunger strike on 28/01/2014 after being transferred from Al-Maskobyeh to “Ofek” prison and after three days the prison’s administration promised him to transfer him to one of the “security” prisons within ten days at the most and after presenting him to the District court and upon this promise Obaida ended his open hunger strike. He added: “Obaida was presented to the District court on 11/02/2014 and was then surprised when he was taken back to solitary confinement in “Ofek” prison, and when his lawyer visited him on Sunday, she found out that he resumed his hunger strike five days ago.” Obaida was arrested along with his 13-year old brother Othman on the 25th of November, 2013 and were both charged with throwing Molotov cocktails at a police car in Jerusalem. Othman was released with a financial bail and house arrest conditions while Obaida was denied to be released by the public prosecution. Obaida was previously arrested and spent 5 months in Hasharon prison.
