[ 02/04/2011 - 02:32 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)-- Friday marked two weeks since Abdul-Hakeem Suleiman Hamdan, 37, has gone on hunger strike as he demands his release from the prisons of the Palestinian Authority security services.
Hamdan has been detained by the PA's preventative security agency in Tulkarem for the past 87 days, his family told the Palestinian Information Center, amid fears that he has been treated poorly.
He was arrested two years back for three months by the same security agency in another incident, and he has since suffered from varicose veins after being tortured and tied up awkardly, his family added. They warn his health condition could worsen as he continues the hunger strike.
They called on rights groups to intervene and help release Hamdan, and they hold there is no legal grounds for keeping him detained.
Abbas's militias have detained 70 supporters of Hamas in the West Bank over the past month of March.
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