Unlimited Hunger Strike Report: Day Nine

04/03/2008 | Political Prisoners

Black Prison
El-Ayoune
Western Sahara

The Sahrawi political prisoners, in the Black prison of El-Ayoune, continue their open hunger strike, which was started on the February 25, 2008, for the ninth day. Some symptoms start appearing on the status of strikers: fatigue and pallid, dizziness, nausea and different pains. And while the hunger strikers continue suffering, the prison administration continues to maintain its position of refusing to provide any care for the strike.

So, in addition to the cases that have been recorded during the previous days, today deterioration in the situation of Mr. Mouloud BARKOUH, is registered, who suffers from sharp pain in the intestine and stomach, and also Mr. Brahim SABBAR suffers from severe nausea in addition to blood pressure disorder. Mr. Elhafed TOUBALI, who suffers from severe pain in the intestine and severe nausea, is still lying in the hospital, where he was transferred to yesterday, Monday, March 3, 2008.

Concerning the case of the Saharawi political detainee, Mr. Said ELBAILLAL, who continues, for the fourteenth day, the open hunger strike, he started on February 20, 2008, and his health continues to deteriorate, and becomes worrying, because he suffers from crises, because the low ratio of calcium in the blood, as it is expected, strong headaches and difficulty in breathing.

This is added to previous symptoms that accompany him every day of exhaustion and weakness, dizziness and pallid, and also, stomach and intestinal pain, vomiting and nausea.

The administration did not change the same finger or even heed of the patient to preview his health condition, only surveillance and provocation and disregard adopted at the same time a mechanism to put pressure on the detainee Tournament.