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Palestinian prisoner Khalil Awawdah (40 years old) is from the town of Idna in Hebron Governorate. He is currently imprisoned in Ofer Prison, an Israeli military occupation prison in the West Bank. Awawdah, started his open hunger strike on March 3, 2022, demanding the cancellation of his administrative detention, imprisonment without charges or trial.
TAKE ACTION FOR KHALIL!
Use the email templates Khalil's freedom from Israeli occupation authorities & urge your government to intervene!
How to use the templates: copy & paste all sections into an email and send.
EMAIL TEMPLATE #1- Israeli Occupation Authorities
Send to:
IDF Military Commander of West Bank
Email: yaack@mail.idf.il
Ofer Military Court,
Email: Yehuda132@idf.gov.il
Military Judge Advocate General - Brigadier General Sharon Afek
Email: Mag@idf.gov.il
Israeli Minister of Defence - Benny Gantz
Email: bgantz@knesset.gov.il
Israeli Minister of Justice - Gideon Sa'ar
Email: sar@justice.gov.il
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Subject Line: Free Khalil Awawdah immediately
Body:
I call on Israeli occupation authorities to immediately cease its arbitrary detention of Palestinians under the pretext of 'administrative detention', and immediately release Political prisoner Khalil Awawdah who is at a 176 days of hunger strike.
As a self- proclaiming 'democratic nation', Israel must abide by International Law and provide adequate legal due process to all people people its authorities arrest or detain, and immediately end its military occupation and all operations on the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
Sincerely,
ORIGINAL EMAIL TEMPLATE⤵️
Subject Line: Freedom for hunger striker Khalil Awawdah
Body:
Palestinian Prisoner Khalil Awawdah has been on a hunger strike since March 3, 2022, in protest of his unjust arrest under the pretext of "administrative detention" and his subsequent inhumane treatment in prison, including solitary confinement.
Awawdah, started an open hunger strike, demanding the cancellation of his administrative detention and his release. Military courts do not offer the impartiality afforded all prisoners by internationally recognized legal standards, and his detention therefore amount of arbitrary detention, which goes against international covenant that the State of Israel has signed and ratified.
Khalil Awawdah has been held in a cell unfit for human life, with dimensions not exceeding 2 meters. Solitary confinement of hunger strikers is considered a from of torture according to the UN Special Raporteur on Torture, which goes against international conventions for humane treatment of prisoners.
I demand you to immediately take action to avoid loss of life and uphold the rights of prisoners under International Law to a fair judicial process & humane treatment.
To continue to hold Khalil Awandah and all 'administrative detainees' is unacceptable and needs to end immediately. I urge all Israeli authorities involved to immediately take action to end Khalil Awawdah's arbitrary imprisonment.
I ask the Israeli authorities to either:
Immediately cancel Khalil's administrative detention orders, release him immediately and transfer him to a West Bank hospital where he can recover.
Khalil's release is also one of the terms agreed upon by Israel in the most recent ceasefire agreement with Islamic Jihad in Gaza; his continued detainment is a breach of said ceasefire agreement.
Sincerely,
EMAIL TEMPLATE #2 - Canadian Government
** Canadians: Email Melanie Joly and CC all other contacts, including your MP (using link below to search)
Send to:
Minister of Foreign Affairs – Melanie Joly
Email: melanie.joly@parl.gc.ca
Prime Minister of Canada - Justin Trudeau
Email: justin.trudeau@parl.gc.ca
Canada’s Ambassador to the UN – Bob Rae
Email: canada.un@international.gc.ca
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Subject Line: speak up - Israel violated rights of Palestinian prisoners
Body:
Khalil Awadah is at a 176 days of hunger strike to protest his imprisonment by the Israeli military. Israeli authorities are holding Khail without trial, charge or evidence since March 2022. At what point is the Canadian government going to have the courage to speak up against Israel's continued arbitrary detention of Palestinians, which essentially equates to kidnapping at gunpoint?
I demand the Canadian government speak up about this issue and and stop its support for Israel's arbitrary detention of Palestinians.
Sincerely,
ORIGINAL EMAIL TEMPLATE⤵️
Subject Line: speak up - Israel violated rights of Palestinian prisoners
Body:
Dear Ms. Joly,
What is happening to Khalil Awawdah is just another example of how the Israeli occupation authorities continue to trample on the human rights of Palestinians, and in particular, Palestinian prisoners.
Prisoner Khalil Awawdah (40 years old), from the town of Idna in Hebron Governorate, who is in the Israeli Ofer Prison continues his open hunger in refusal to continue his administrative detention. He is being held without charges or trial.
Khalil Awawdah has been held in a cell unfit for human life, with dimensions not exceeding 2 meters. Solitary confinement of hunger strikers is considered a from of torture according to the UN Special Raporteur on Torture, which goes against international conventions for humane treatment of prisoners.
Israeli military courts do not offer the impartiality afforded all prisoners by internationally recognized legal standards, and his detention therefore amount of arbitrary detention, which goes against international covenant that the State of Israel has signed and ratified.
I demand that you speak up about this particular issue in Parliament as well as the recent Amnesty International report that concluded Israel is an apartheid state. I demand that the Canadian gov engage with the factual information that glaringly points to Israel’s abuse of power and violations of International Law. Canada must act in our foreign policies to uphold human rights, and hold accountable those nations who are our supposed ‘friends’ and trading partners who commit human rights abuses and violations of international law.
Sincerely,
EMAIL TEMPLATE #3 - General Use
Send to: EU, UK and general contact lists see link below
Click for Main Google Doc, scroll to see Contact Lists
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Subject Line: 176 days hunger strike of Khalil Awawdah - speak up against Israel's arbitrary detention of Palestinians
Body:
Khalil Awadah is at a 176 days of hunger strike to protest his imprisonment by the Israeli military. Israeli authorities are holding Khail without trial, charge or evidence since March 2022. At what point is the international communtiy going to have the courage to speak up against Israel's continued arbitrary detention of Palestinians, which essentially equates to kidnapping at gunpoint?
I demand the you immediately speak up about this issue and and stop its support for Israel's arbitrary detention of Palestinians.
Sincerely,
ORIGINAL EMAIL TEMPLATE⤵️
Subject Line: speak up - Israel violated rights of Palestinian prisoners
Body:
Dear (insert name),
What is happening to Khalil Awawdah is just another example of how the Israeli occupation authorities continue to trample on the human rights of Palestinians, and in particular, Palestinian prisoners.
Prisoner Khalil Awawdah (40 years old), from the town of Idna in Hebron Governorate, who is in the Israeli Ofer Prison continues his hunger strike in refusal of his administrative detention, imprisonment without charges or trial.
The prisoner, Awawdah, had started his open hunger strike on the 3rd of this March, demanding the cancellation of his administrative detention and his release.
He, like many Palestinian prisoners under administrative detention for extended periods of time, go on hunger strike to protest this policy whereby the Israeli occupation can incarcerate palestinians without charge or trial for an indefinite period of time.
Palestinians detained under this policy are given zero opportunity for due process, nor do they have any real legal recourse to gain their freedom. The military commander of the West bank has the right to arrest and detain any Palestinian under the policy of administrative detention based on a secret file of evidence that neither the detainee, nor their lawyers are ever permitted to view or refute. It is a policy that the UN, and both Israel and International NGOs, have observed that the Israeli occupation uses arbitrarily and is abused to incarcerate anyone who shows any form of descent for the occupation or the racist laws that the Israeli government imposes on Palestinians throughout the region. Palestinians can be held under AD for something as benign as Tweets that express opposition to their oppression. It is also routinely used as a substitute for due process where there is insufficient evidence to move forward with proper legal proceedings (for example, if an an Israeli citizen living illegally in a West Bank settlement makes a “claim” about a Palestinian, but there is no evidence to back it up).
I demand that you speak up about this particular issue in Parliament as well as the recent Amnesty International report that concluded Israel is an apartheid state. I demand that you engage with the factual information that glaringly points to Israel’s abuse of power and violations of International Law, and hold accountable those nations who commit human rights abuses and violations of international law
Sincerely,