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Eritrean asylum-seekers held in Israeli detention center stepping up hunger strike

Three of the 170 hunger-striking prisoners at Saharonim detention center have reportedly required medical attention; prison management preventing strikers from using telephone. The hunger strike by Eritrean migrants at the Saharonim detention center, which began Saturday,

Three of the 170 hunger-striking prisoners at Saharonim detention center have reportedly required medical attention; prison management preventing strikers from using telephone.

The hunger strike by Eritrean migrants at the Saharonim detention center, which began Saturday, is still underway and according to the Israel Prison Service, 170 prisoners are now refusing meals.

One of the Eritrean prisoners told Haaretz yesterday that three prisoners have required medical attention. He said the prisoners would continue their strike until the government examined their asylum applications and responded to them. The Eritrean also said that the prison management was preventing hunger strikers from using the phone. “They have no communication with the outside,” he said.

Amnesty International Israel and Hotline for Migrant Workers have received similar reports.

According to the migrant, the prison management tried to persuade the hunger-strikers to desist, but the migrant with whom Haaretz spoke said they refused. “We need freedom. We can’t stay in this situation,” he said.

The migrant said that 50 prisoners in the prison’s sections 3 and 4 who were not striking were moved to a different wing.

The Israel Prison Service said in response that hunger-strikers in one wing had agreed to accept their meals, and all 170 prisoners who are striking have had their privileges revoked, including access to a telephone. The prison service said no prisoners have been evacuated for medical attention, nor were any moved to other wings because of the strike.

Some 1,400 migrants currently detained have submitted asylum applications in recent months. About 10 days ago, during a visit to the Saharonim facility by the Knesset Committee on Foreign Workers, the representative of the Population and Immigration Authority, Inbal Mashash, reported that the state hasso far rejected 17 such applications, almost all from Eritreans. However, the state is not repatriating them for fear their lives would be in danger.

According to the law, if the state does not respond to an asylum-seeker’s request within nine months, the Custody Tribunal has the authority to release him or her.

In the wake of the hunger strike, Amnesty International Israel has called on the government to grant the migrants fair, efficient and transparent asylum procedures outside of prison. “The hunger strikers in Saharonim know that a return to Eritrea is a sentence of prison, persecution and in some cases death for them and their families,”, Amnesty International Israel Director Yonatan Ger said, because the Eritrean government sees all asylum requests as treason.

Human rights groups are protesting the fact that the prisoners have had their telephone privileges revoked, and say there is no precise information about their medical condition. Hotline for Migrant Workers and Physicians for Human Rights yesterday asked the Israel Prison Service for their doctors and activists to be able to enter the facility. Sigal Rozen, coordinator of public policy at the Hotline for Migrant Workers, said the Eritreans are told repeatedly that they will only go free if they agree to go back to Eritrea. “They know from the bitter experience of their friends that another jail awaits them in Eritrea, where conditions have been described by the U.S. State Department as life-threatening. In their desperation, they are hunger striking.”

Source: HAARETZ

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38 COMMENTS
  • Said June 27, 2013

    Well what can we expect from Zionist, I’ve been telling that all alone. those people are they laugh in human misery, are we expecting him to feel sorry for us. it never will happen , they Jewish man. watchwe playing cat and mouse with them. I’m sorry but if anybody can prove me wrong. I will take the Hat for you. los watchin see. or do we need to visit them all over the world. Young Lions embassies. probably the only way they may be listen. united we stand.

  • Eritrea Super Power June 27, 2013

    if they were looking for freedom ,why did they not stay in ethiopia ,that respects all eritreans that hate their country, unless they are economic refugees ,is not ethiopia close from sudan than israel?they left for better food and they are refusing to eat food ? what an irony.

    • fithawi June 28, 2013

      Mighty super power, wait your time!
      Time will come where the community of bastards face justice under the rule of law.
      You, with bloodless heart, are jocking with the innocent people who are suffering. As the tigrigna proverb says: ” ne’anchiwa atsre-mota ni dimu gin metsawetita”, this or the other way you will get your rewards, as it is said again: “tenkol zizerea… Guahi yiatsid”

  • Said June 28, 2013

    Way This innocent kids are in Prison, you zinst, when Hitler was chasing you. thay great grand fathers come to rescue, this how you pay us back now you got a little power. you can do whatever you want to do that make my stomach sick. don’t forget this all over . Oneday. let my people go.we mean know . we have not do anything to you. they suffer enough I know you reading these your,

    • Eritrea Super Power June 28, 2013

      said

      is your point to bash jews or explainning siyuations in adult manner ? the jews do not have extra hatred for eritreans .unlike eritrean opposition they do what is good for their country & people. Towards the end of dergi ,israel through chile gave mengistu haile mariam napalm to annihilate eritreans because they wanted to save their falasha people.was it cruel ? yes ,if they have to do it again will they ,definetely.
      PEOPLE & GOVERMENTS DO AWFUL THINGS TO BENEFIT THEIR COUNTRY & CITZENS ,we do not have to accept it as a good thing but ,that is what happened. Ex prime minister of israeal shamir was a terrorist according to the british ,because he stood up for his people by any means necessary were women and children were collateral damage as the americans put it .
      said do not get me wrong i am not defending zionism or israel´s america´s or even eritrean goverment actions ,i am being cyber stoned for recommending for us to put things in prospective not to lose our edge.

      • MightyEmbasoyra June 29, 2013

        ESP is an opportunist. This kind of person never realize the pain of the people until the pain hits directly to his immediate family – by that time no one want to hear his pain and he dies painfully.
        I bet you this guy never lost any immediately on either the war to independence or with woyane. Probably he/she is with his/her entire family in the free world.
        So, don’t try to convince this kind of people. One day, the pain will come to him/her and well you know the rest.

        • Eritrea Super Power June 29, 2013

          mighty ,

          my relatives were very smart to fight for negative growth and north korea like discipline ,they are here with me in the west. saying that,it does not mean I want to save the rest of our people .we are a country now ,things are complicated as Mursi of Egypt is finding out.
          PFDJ or Isaias did not change since day one of the gedli times.they run the gedli in a winning way. knowing this people joined him ,many forced conscript..i am not changing real history to correspond with my comment .Now the country is established ,losing it would create more blood shed. People in the west swore they would go back to eritrea if independence were to happen ,well ,they stayed because of economic situation ,there is nothing wrong with looking for better economic life. that is not cruelty…you created war for 30 years and now what kind of war do you want.
          Give our family in eritrea peace or go and dismantle eritrea, sudan will never help you .it has blocked assenna ,which i do not support ,but isaias & egypt run sudan..weyane wants to tigranize us and force us to soeak his version of tigrinya ,which is difficult in speech & writing. we already have our own tigrigna & arabic ,why do we need imported tigrinya ,forcing us to say hezi instead of hiji.
          no tigray tigrinyi.

          • Eritrea Super Power June 29, 2013

            correction..please read as ¨it does not mean i do not want to save our people ¨

          • MightyEmbasoyra June 30, 2013

            Well,ESP, you are confusing me here. Isayas was at least consistent on his action. He never cared for Eritrea and never he will. We didn’t know his intention before and that we know, we need to stop the suffering of our people. Why would you think that when Isayas is gone Eritrea will be in worse situation. This is the message of 03. I don’t buy it. As soon as Isayas is gone for good, Eritrea will be in a better situation.
            I agree with you on one item that we trusted the criminal and we supported him all the way to independence. You can just they we were blinded. However, you now we can say that we ave 20/20 vision. I don’t care about any other country but ours.
            By the way, CIA has important things to focus than on Eritrea. Don’t inflate yourself than you deserve. I would be surprised if they think about us few seconds a year. Don’t believe the 03 propoganda.

      • Said June 30, 2013

        Well you look like defending them whan my family are in prions for no reason. running from the dictator. tired of being poor, prosecutedthey don’t need to be in this cand environment.my friends that’s called mind torture in there very good at it. talking about the jaws. you most to be kidding, wait a little while. You going to here horrible story. we have to do something before he gets ugly. let’s save very quick. united we stand

      • Said June 30, 2013

        how do you know did they don’t have a hatred toured Eritrean people . they have a hater that’s not a Jew and to anybody. that’s the fact. why do you think hettler would want to finish tham . because they are very nice people. come on men be real.

  • ahmed saleh June 28, 2013

    This is one of the results from the government of Eritrea continuous sinister policy to push people aside to
    end up on undesired conditions . Myself I do not blame nobody except ourselves because we the majority people
    convoyed the evil deeds to reign with no resistance . At this moment we can only express our sympathy to those
    who fell victims in between dirty politics . At the same time to keep the fight to bring ending solution .

  • Tekluu Gubtaan June 28, 2013

    50,000 Eritreans in Ethiopia fleeing from slavery, 50,000 Ethiopians in the boarders of Eritrea (opposition dmht ) to fight against woyanne .Other 40, 0000 Eritreans in Israel though am not sure why are they living there for Shekel/dollar or for liberty? 50,000 Ethiopians living all over Euroupe baptised eritrean. 20,000 ethiopians lived hiring the name eritrean in israel. Big human numbers ,its becoming difficult to cop why are those immigrating what’s the purpose ?what are they facing across the ocean and desert? Am confused!! Papers?Money?Freedom? ……..

  • Tekluu Gubtaan June 28, 2013

    Whether the gove is Zionist . capitalist .Socialist or like kings of middle east of no names? Does it really matter as far as they are doing the best for their citizens. I agree eritreans had made huge sum of money from in filtering to israel please lets be positivest ans say thanks to the Zionist for they have offered as money and job general.. The research shows 95 percent made successful journey to Israel. You guy need to learn Temsegen or Alhamudulula.

    • ahmed saleh June 28, 2013

      Tekluu
      Where ever place you reside they follow your step for opportunity for better living , don’t you think they
      deserve same dream ?

  • HAGOS June 28, 2013

    Eritrea Super Power shem terray hizka!!!?
    sorry gen neska hade dekum zekone hasb aleka wey zeytefelto nerg eyu eritrawi endeher teflto koyneka? ne megbi way ne kal habti kegeber elu zeseded aykonen kab kal hezbi dema zesebe aykonen ba elu zesearo serah geru eyu kenber zedeli reges dema komu geru zeneber hezebi eyu zelena…..
    AMLKA NE HEZEBNA SELAMU YEHABENA!!!!

    • Eritrea Super Power June 28, 2013

      hagos
      you have unrealistic view of human nature ,how many people were saying ,prior 1991 independence ,if eritrea gets independwence i will not even stay one night ? none went ,that is before they even realized the goverment was ¨bad¨.
      from america or canada nobody went .other countries have done it .do not give me some fake mambo jambo ,i believe in reality .
      why are you guys not challenging me on the issue ? you sound like a toddler tthat says you are not nice.

      • ida June 28, 2013

        Super stupid, because you are lunatic, crazy that’s why.

        • Eritrea Super Power June 29, 2013

          i can´´ t argue with that ,until you point out my lunacy.

  • Hazhaz June 28, 2013

    እቲ ቀደም ቀደም ብባሃማትና ከለና፡ እዋይ ሎምስ ክንደይ ዓያሹ እንድዮም ዝደግምዎ፤ “ዓረብና ኢና፤ ቃልስና ጸረ ኣሜሪካ ጸረ እስራኤልን ጸረ ጽዮንውያንን እዩ።“ እብሃል ኔሩ። ሓሻካ ዓያሹ።
    ሎሚ ኸ፧ እዛ ኹላ ጀብሃ ሻዕብያኣ ወረ ብዓረብ እዩ እቲ ሽሞም ዘይሓፍሩ፤ ኩላ ንኣሜሪካ ብሪጣንያ ኣውስትራልያ ሽወደን ጀርመን ሃዲማ ተዓቊባ ደቃ ተዕቢ ኣላ።
    ወዮ ዓረብ ይኣስሩና፡ ይጥሩዙና፡ ኩሊትና ይሰርቁ፡ ኣሕዋትናን ደቅናን ይዕምጹ፡ ወረ ኣሸሓት ገንዘብ የኽፍሉና፡ እንተኣበና ብረሲን ሓዊ ይትኩሱና፡ ጠባቢሖም ይድርብዩና። ሓደ ዝረብሕ ውድብ ወይ ሃገር ዓረብ ከማን ኣይእወየልናን።
    ወተሃደራት ሱዳን ግብጺ ብጥይት ቶኪሶም የውድቑና፡ ኣብ ምድረበዳ ይጉሕፉና።

  • Eritrea Super Power June 28, 2013

    haz haz took respònsibility for being gullible ,he is not thinking emotions ,his view do not correspond with mine ,but he is not playing inoccent ,gullible ,but accepting responsibility for not being as wise as he should have been .goverments play on gullible people. WMD ? weyane weriratna ?syria has gas…etc americans and we eritreans seem to be the most idiots.
    goverments will always lie ,but stupid people believe unbelievable stuff then blame the smart goverment.

  • ida June 28, 2013

    Some stupid ones defend the indefensible, others blindly put themselves in danger even when people warn them. What kind of a generation is this?

    • Eritrea Super Power June 29, 2013

      maybe lunatic ,you sound good at name calling ,ida.go judge every nationalist.

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