The child Obaida Is’eed suspends his hunger strike
January 30, 2014

The 15-year old Jerusalemite Obaida Amer Is’eed suspended his open hunger strike on Thursday morning after the prison’s administration promised him to transfer him within 10 days to a prison designated for “security prisoners”. The Jerusalemites detainees and prisoners committee which quoted lawyer Fawwaz Shallodi (Palestinian Prisoner’s Club lawyer) who visited the prisoner on Thursday in Ofek prison, said that he is detained in a room which lacks any electronic device by himself. The lawyer stressed that Obaida has high spirits and is determined on getting his rights. It is noteworthy that Obaida announced the hunger strike to protest against transferring him to Ofek prison with the criminal prisons; note that he has been arrested for 3 months on charges of throwing Molotov cocktails and he was previously arrested and was released last October.