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<td><span class="PublishedDate">[ 					07/02/2011 &#8211; 01:01 PM ] </span></td>
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<p style="font-size:10pt;">RAMALLAH, (PIC)&#8211; Palestinians held in  the Israeli Etzion prison are in the process of announcing a hunger  strike in protest of inhumane treatment at the facility, the Palestinian  Prisoner Society said.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">The prison administration has yet to offer  a reason for its stubborn refusal to allow blankets and clothes, the  PPS&#8217;s attorney said. The captives also complain of the poor quality and  lack of food there.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">Separately, prisoners jailed in Nafha have begun taking steps to see their demands are met.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">They are demanding that university  students there are permitted to complete studies, blankets, treatment  for the sick and an end to degrading searches, the PPS said.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">Meanwhile in the Eichel prison,  administration has recently replaced the once large yard there for a  restricted area with a concrete roof blocking the sun, another human  rights group said in statements on Sunday.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">Because of crowding, prisoners force the  prisoners not to stay there more than ten minutes, the Tadhamon  (Solidarity) rights group.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">As the oldest Israeli prison, built in 1970 and holding 350 Palestinians, it is rife with abuses.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">In addition to a food crisis, prisoners are medically neglected, many of them not provided medicines they require.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">They have filed several requests for improvements on conditions, but the prison administration has yet to respond.</p>
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