Akram Rikhawi

"I was determined to live with dignity," says freed hunger striker Akram Rikhawi

Rami Almeghari
Rafah
11 February 2013

Prisoner’s daughter recalls pain of not having her father around on her wedding day.

Gaza welcomes home former hunger striker Akram Rikhawi

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Fri, 02/08/2013 - 04:58
Akram Rikhawi had recently renewed his hunger strike after Israel failed to release him last month as promised.

Podcast: Gaza family of 6 perish in fire caused by candle lit after electricity cutoff

Submitted by Nora Barrows-Fr... on Fri, 02/01/2013 - 19:14
Rami Almeghari talks about the current health, economic and infrastructure crisis in the Gaza Strip, after an impoverished family is killed when a fire sweeps their home due to a lit candle.

Akram Rikhawi renews hunger strike after Israel reneges on agreement to release him

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Wed, 01/30/2013 - 20:44
Palestinian rights group Addameer calls for Egyptian intervention to protect rights of hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners.

Winning the battle of empty stomachs: hunger striker Bilal Diab interviewed

Linah Alsaafin
Jenin area
14 September 2012
Bilal Diab on his 77-day hunger strike in protest of administrative detention in Israeli prison.

Month in Pictures: July 2012

3 August 2012
A monthly roundup of photographs documenting Palestine, Palestinian life, politics and culture, and international solidarity with Palestine.

The Electronic Intifada Weekly Podcast featuring Shahd Abusalama on the end of Akram Rikhawi's hunger strike

Submitted by Nora Barrows-Fr... on Fri, 07/27/2012 - 20:57

On this week’s podcast: Shahd Abusalama talks about her meeting with Akram Rikhawi’s family, right before he ended his 102-day hunger strike in an Israeli prison; and much more!

Akram Rikhawi ends 102-day hunger strike as Israel agrees to early release

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Mon, 07/23/2012 - 13:26

Under deal with Israel, Rikhawi will be released on 25 January 2013, six months prior to his original release date

“Are they waiting for him to return in a coffin?”: Akram Rikhawi's family urges action from Gaza

Submitted by Shahd Abusalama on Sat, 07/21/2012 - 20:56

Shahd Abusalama meets the hunger striker Akram Rikhawi’s desperately worried family in Rafah, as his hunger strike passes 100 days.

Alive and victorious: Palestinian footballer Mahmoud Sarsak home after epic 3 month hunger strike -photo

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Tue, 07/10/2012 - 12:43

Palestinian footballer Mahmoud Sarsak was greeted joyously in Gaza today as he returned home from Israeli prison where he was held for three years without charge or trial.

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