Israel's Supreme Court has scheduled a hearing this week on the appeal
of a Palestinian prisoner waging an unprecedented hunger strike that has
stretched for more than two months, court officials and his lawyers
said Monday.
Khader Adnan, a member of the Islamic Jihad militant group, is demanding
he be released immediately. He has not been charged with a crime and
does not know what he is suspected of doing.
The case of the 33-year-old Adnan has attracted widespread attention
among Palestinians, with large crowds holding regular protests in his
support.
The life-threatening gamble has also drawn broader attention toward
Israel's policy of "administrative detention," under which Palestinians
can be held without charge for months, and even years, at a time.
Both the European Union and the United Nations have said they are
following the case closely and urged Israel to give Adnan an open trial.
Adnan was arrested on Dec. 17 and later sentenced to four months of
administrative detention. He launched the strike a day after his arrest,
protesting his administrative detention and claiming he was beaten and
humiliated in captivity.
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