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Annual Violations Report
Abu Sharar and the other detainees suspended their hunger strike
after reaching an agreement with the prison service in September 29 th ,
2015. The agreement included the release of some of the detainees
after serving their sentences, as well as considering the release of
others. Per the agreement, Abu Sharar’s administrative detention
would be renewed once before his release with assurance of nonrenewal.
Administrative Detention
Abu Sharar was arrested around 5:30 in the morning of July 24 th ,
2015 from his family household in Dura. He was moved to Ofer
prison before his detention was extended for interrogation and he
was transferred to Ashkelon interrogation center. Abu Sharar spent
around 47 days in interrogation, during which he was charged with
carrying out alleged activities in affiliation with an illegal organization.
He was charged of associating with Hezbollah following his travel to
Lebanon where he participated in the Arab Youth Camp along other
Palestinians and Arabs.
Interrogation with Abu Sharar ended with hardly any outcome.
Nonetheless, the Israeli military commander issued a 4-month
administrative detention against Abu Sharar under the pretext of
being an active member of PFLP and posing a security threat. The
administrative detention order was issued in September 9 th , 2014,
ending in January 23 rd , 2015. Posing a security threat is the go-to
charge usually used in administrative detention orders issued against
hundreds of Palestinian activists of various political affiliations since
the Israeli military orders criminalize all Palestinian political factions.
Abu Sharar’s administrative detention was renewed for further six
months that ended on July 22 nd , 2015 under the same pretext of
“secret information.”
Abu Sharar’s family includes his mother, 10 sisters and 4 brothers.
Prior to his hunger strike, some of his family was allowed visitation
permits once a month during his stay in Ketziot and Ofer prisons.
Since the start of his hunger strike, Abu Sharar’s family members
were completely banned from visiting him as part of the disciplinary
sanctions imposed on hunger strikers as Israeli prison regulations
consider hunger strike a punishable offense.
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