“My husband is dying inside an Israeli jail. The world should make sure I am able to see him,” she said. “And it should pressure the Israeli government to release him before it’s too late… Israel denied Khader any fairness or decency…But maybe the rest of humanity will show more mercy.” – Randa Adnan (via Joe Catron in Mondoweiss)

It is urgent that people take action around the world, as Khader Adnan’s persecution continues in his 58th day on hunger strike. On Monday, February 13, an Israeli military court rejected Adnan’s appeal. Adnan is being held without charge, on secret evidence. He is now in his 58th day of hunger strike, and entering an extremely critical health stage in which organ failure is imminent. The military court’s action is an effective death sentence for Khader Adnan, who has refused to stop his hunger strike so long as arbitrary detention, torture and abuse continue in the occupation’s prisons.

The Israeli military court action has shown once more the utter contempt of the Israeli occupation for Palestinian life. Khader Adnan has spent six years in Israeli prisons over different times in detention – almost all of that time with no charge or trial, held on secret evidence and at the whim of the illegal Israeli occupation.

Heed Randa’s call. Action is URGENT now more than ever. It is time to occupy Israeli consulates and embassies, engage in solidarity hunger strikes, and protests. Please use this form to send us information about your local protests and actions.

Khader Adnan is dying to live. Take action now to support him. 

1. Organize a protest, occupation or solidarity hunger strike at your local Israeli Embassy (for a list, click here).

Post your local actions to the Khader Adnan facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Free-Khader-Adnan/236953309725144 and tell us here: http://samidoun.net/2012/02/tell-us-about-your-local-protest-for-khader-adnan/

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2. Call your government officials and demand that they pressure Israel publicly and privately to release Khader Adnan.
In Canada:

Call the Israeli Embassy in Ottawa at (613) 567-6450 OR your local Embassy (for a list, click here).

Call the Office of the Foreign Minister, John Baird (Tel: 613-990-7720; Email: bairdj@parl.gc.ca)

Just last week, Baird stated that “There is not a government on the planet today more supportive of Israel than Harper’s Canada.” Call Baird’s office and let him know that this shameful declaration implicates Canada in Israel’s crimes and human rights violations. Demand that Baird’s office call for Khader Adnan’s release.

In the US:

Call the Israeli Embassy in Washington DC (1.202.364.5500) OR your local Embassy (for a list, click here).

Call the office of Jeffrey Feltman, Assistant Secretary of State for Near East Affairs (1.202.647.7209)

Demand that Jeffrey Feltman bring this issue urgently to his counterparts in Israel and raise the question of Khader Adnan’s administrative detention.

3. Write to Israeli officials and demand an end to delay and the immediate, unconditional release of Khader Adnan. Samidoun has provided a template and an automated letter-writing system. Send yours and make your voice heard today!

4. It is important to note the responsibility of the International Committee of the Red Cross. Sign this petition and join hundreds demanding that the ICRC exercise its responsibilities to protect Palestinian prisoners.

5. Your creative resistance is needed: your articles, videos, and art. Spread the word:

Tweet Now: STOP Israeli Military de facto death sentence for #KhaderAdnan #Dying2Live http://samidoun.net/?p=238

As Khader Adnan enters his 54th day of hunger strike, your action to support his case is more critical than ever. An appeal hearing  of the Israeli military court will be held in Zeif Hospital in Safad tomorrow, February 9 at 11 am, following earlier refusals to move the hearing from Ofer prison. The director of the hospital wrote to the court stating that he was refusing all treatment, and his condition is worsening. Please keep the pressure on: make phone calls, send letters, and protest to free Khader Adnan.

Tweet Now: Take Action Now for #KhaderAdnan http://samidoun.net/?p=133  #Dying2Live

Tommy McKearney, a veteran of the hunger strikes of Irish Republican prisoners in the North of Ireland, sent a solidarity message to Khader Adnan via video, as international solidarity has continued to mount on the grassroots level, even as international officials remain shamefully silent. Bobby Sands, an Irish republican hunger striking political prisoner, died in 1981 after 66 days of hunger strike demanding rights for Irish political prisoners held by British colonial authorities:

Randa, Khader’s wife, visited him in the hospital on Tuesday, and reported on his condition:

She said he is being targeted for “assassination,” but he’s in good spirits and determined to continue his strike against Israel’s “illegitimate and inhumane policies.”

Randa was able to visit her husband Tuesday evening at Zeif hospital in Safad.

“Adnan is being targeted for a slow process of assassination” she said. She says she was “shocked” at her husband’s condition, and that he told her he feels he’s living the last moments of his life, she said.

“A lot of the hair on his face and head has fallen off. He has not been allowed to shower or wash during all his time in detention, nor is he allowed to wear warm clothes in this cold weather.”

She added that “during my visit, my husband’s heart swelled up and a medical crew neglected him for half an hour.”

A letter from imprisoned Palestinian national leaders Marwan Barghouti of Fateh and Ahmad Sa’adat, General Secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, called for Khader Adnan’s release as reports from inside Ofer prison revealed that 65 prisoners were engaged in a solidarity hunger strike that began on Tuesday.

TAKE ACTION:

Keep the pressure on! Continue to make phone calls, send letters, and protest for Khader Adnan and Palestinian prisoners! On Monday, Judge Dalya Kaufman said Khader Adnan’s medical condition was “acceptable.” Khader Adnan is dying to live on hunger strike – and it is anything but acceptable.

Activists around the world are joining solidarity hunger strikes on February 9. If you will join in, please join in the international Twitter actions to support Khader Adnan:

Tweet Now: On #9FebHungerStrike to free #KhaderAdnan http://samidoun.net/?p=184 #Dying2Live

Tweet Now: Take Action Now for #KhaderAdnan http://samidoun.net/?p=133  #Dying2Live

Please send us your actions, photos and reports to samidoun@samidoun.net.