Detained Palestinian theatre director resumes hunger strike

Source: The Guardian

Zakaria Zubeidi is being held without charge by Palestinian security forces, and supporters say he could die within days
Harriet Sherwood in Jenin
guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 18 September 2012 11.29 EDT

The Palestinian militant turned theatre director Zakaria Zubeidi ..., who publicly renounced armed struggle in 2006 in favour of cultural resistance, has been held in prison in Jericho since 13 May after being detained in a wave of arrests in his home city of Jenin. He has not been charged with any offence.

He received assurances that he would be released, but at a court hearing on Monday his detention was extended by a further 19 days. He declared that he would refuse all food, fluids and medical attention ...

Zubeidi's arrest followed an attack by gunmen on the home of Jenin's governor, who shortly afterwards died of a heart attack. A weapon used in the attack was linked by Palestinian investigators to Zubeidi. He denied any involvement and before his arrest he offered to co-operate with the investigation.

He told relatives and associates that he had been held in solitary confinement for the first 50 days of detention, had been denied access to a lawyer for more than two weeks and had been abused and tortured by interrogators. His lawyer, Farid Hawwash, was also arrested after criticising the Palestinian security forces ...

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