Media Advisory: Hunger Strike for Freedom and Dignity 2017

This media advisory highlights the Palestinian prisoners' hunger strike  launched on 17 April 2017 as one significant step on the long road towards freedom and human dignity and as an effective mean to confront discriminatory Israeli laws. The advisory includes key information on the Palestinian prisoners movement, the legitimate demands of the open hunger strike and the issue of prisoners as Palestinians this year commemorate 100 years of Balfour Declaration and nearly 70 years since the Nakba and 50 years of Israel's colonial occupation of Palestine.