Israel/OPT: Further information: Detainee ends hunger strike pending release

Index Number: MDE 15/060/2012
Date Published: 30 October 2012
Categories: Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territories

Palestinian administrative detainee Hassan Safadi, who went on two hunger strikes to protest his detention without trial by Israel, was released on 29 October. Fellow administrative detainee Samer al-Barq suspended his third hunger strike after assurances that he will be released and transferred to Pakistan via Egypt.