88 Days on Hunger Strike in “Israeli” Jails, Sharawna Almost Blind

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88 Days on Hunger strike behind "Israeli" bars, Palestinian detainee Ayman Sharawna is almost totally blind and suffering from severe kidney problems and partial memory loss.

According to rights groups, Sharawna, 37, has lost vision in his left eye and 80 percent of vision in his right eye.
Fares Ziad, a lawyer for the prisoner rights group Addameer, added that "Sharawna had refused water for five days after "Israeli" authorities refused to release him, losing seven kilograms during the escalated strike."

However, the "Israeli" Prison Service has denied Sharawna medical treatment, insisting he could only receive medication for severe back pain if he ended his strike, Addameer said in a statement.

Addameer and the legal rights group al-Haq expressed "deep concern" for Sharawna's life following the serious deterioration in his health.
Sharawna, a father of nine, is being held without charge. He was rearrested on Jan. 31 for unknown reasons after his release in the Oct. 2011 prisoner swap deal between Hamas and the Zionist entity. He had previously spent a decade in "Israeli" prisona.

Court hearings in Sharawna's case have been repeatedly postponed, Addameer announced.

Source: Maan, Edited by moqawama.org