RAMALLAH, June 5, 2012 (WAFA) - A Palestinian prisoner arrested in Israel in 2010 has been on hunger strike for 15 days to protest his administrative detention since his arrest, Jawad Boulus, an attorney for the Palestinian Prisoner’s Club (PPC), said on Tuesday.

He said Samer al-Baraq, from the village of Jayyous, near Qalqilia, has been on hunger strike since May 22, less than 10 days after more than 2000 prisoners have called off their month-long hunger strike, to protest his detention for around two years without charge or trail.

Baraq, who lived in Pakistan until 2003, returned to Jordan and was arrested, prosecuted and imprisoned for five years.

After his release in 2008, he worked in Jordan as a teacher until he was rearrested in 2010 for 77 days. He was turned over to Israel where he was detained for no clear charges.

Baraq was assured by leaders of the striking prisoners that he will be released soon, however his administrative detention order was renewed for another three months forcing Baraq to resume his strike.

Boulus said Israel demands Baraq to provide official papers to prove Pakistan is willing to allow him to enter the country in order to live with his Pakistani wife.

Baraq was admitted to Ramleh prison clinic after a significant deterioration in his health due to the hunger strike.

Head of PPC Qaddoura Faris said that Israel cannot continue to detain Baraq after he completed two years in Israeli jails without any charge and called for immediate intervention to release him.

M.H./M.S.