Israel escalates crackdown on hunger strikers

‘Israel is escalating its crackdown on hunger-striking prisoners by denying them their right to meet with their lawyers.
More than 100 prisoners, according to prisoner advocacy group Addameer, are refusing food in solidarity with Bilal Kayed, who is leading the latest wave of prisoner hunger strikes and has now gone 57 days without food. Last week, Kayed announced he was refusing all medical treatment until he is released.’
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