By Linah Alsaafin
On Saturday June 16, a group Palestinian youth in Ramallah invited activists from the We Are All Hana Shalabi campaign to participate in a protest that took off from Clock Square in Ramallah’s city center.
The protest was in support of 25 year old Mahmoud Sarsak, who had entered his 90th day on hunger strike that same day, protesting his illegal detention without charge or trial for three years. Arrested by Israeli authorities at the Erez checkpoint in 2009, Sarsak was on his way to rejoin the rest of his team in the West Bank. Held under the indefensible “Unlawful Combatant Law”, Sarsak’s detention had been subjected to renewal for 6 times on a 6 month basis.
As the demonstration passed the Manara Square and into Irsal Street, the number of protesters increased to about 60 people, who chanted slogans in solidarity with all Palestinian prisoners incarcerated…
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June 20, 2012 

































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