Khader Adnan, political prisoner held without charges, is near death after 53 days of hunger strike
Khader Adnan is on the 53rd day of hunger strike. Passing his 42nd day, the Palestinian political prisoner entered the fatal high-risk stage of starvation, where he is risking cardiac arrest and the inevitable shutting-down of major organs.
The Palestine News Network reports what awaits Adnan:
[A]fter the 42nd day of a hunger strike, it is expected that individuals will begin to lose their hearing and vision, and suffer bleeding in the gums, intestines, and esophagus. The body will gradually stop functioning. After the 45th day, there is a high risk of death due to vascular system collapse and/or cardiac arrest.
Responding to the political prisoner’s dire health condition, advocates are desperately calling for the termination of the graduate student's detention. In the past 48 hours Samidoun, the Palestinian political prisoners solidarity network petitioned, pressured, and demanded support for Adnan from Israeli embassies and U.S. officials. And though the pressure has not yielded life-saving intervention--life-saving--the narrative of Adnan’s imprisonment without charge or trial is circulating.