Amnesty calls on Israel to release Palestinian hunger-striker

London, 25 Mar – (ANA) - Amnesty International has called on the Israeli authorities to immediately release a Palestinian detainee or charge her with a recognizable criminal offence amid fears that the woman could die in detention after 37 days on hunger strike. Hana Shalabi, 30, from the village of Burqin in the northern West Bank, is allegedly affiliated with the Islamic Jihad movement but has never been charged with a criminal offence. She was transferred to Meir Hospital in the central Israeli town of Kfar Saba last week, but remains under Israeli custody and constant armed guard. (ANA)

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