To President of United States of America
Mr. Barack Obama
I would like to bring your attention to the tragic case of Palestinian prisoner Samer Issawi who has been on hunger strike for 202 days now (as of 18th February 2013), in protest of his administrative detention order. Samer’s life now hangs by a thread.
Israeli military uses administrative detention to hold prisoners indefinitely on secret information without charging them or allowing them to stand trial. There are currently 178 administrative detainees. For decades, Israel has used administrative detention clearly breaks international rights under Article 9 of (ICCPR) to arrest and imprison Palestinians without cause. Many never know why they are being held and face months, even years imprisoned.