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Doing so violates Israel's Patient's Rights Law. It was enacted in May 1996. It defines the relationship people needing healthcare and medical professionals responsible for providing it.
It codified patients' rights. Doctors and other medical staff are required to observe them. Providing proper care is fundamental. The law's first paragraph states:
"This law's purpose is to define the rights of a person requesting medical treatment or receiving medical treatment and to protect his (or her) dignity and privacy."
It applies equally to prisoners. Israel spurns it. Legal, moral and ethical standards are violated. Palestinian prisoners suffer horrifically.
Reports surface often. Israel's a serial abuser. Justice is systematically denied. Palestinian Prisoners Day commemorates their longstanding suffering.
On April 17, activists and families rallied in Ramallah, other West Bank locations and Gaza. Around 3,000 Palestinian prisoners observed the day by refusing food.
Children in Gaza City released thousands of balloons. Each bore a prisoner's name. Rafah solidarity gatherings were held. A sit-in was held at East Jerusalem's Damascus Gate.
Hundreds of prisoner families held their own in central Ramallah's Arafat Square. Afterwards they marched toward nearby Ofer Prison.
Other events marked the day. Demonstrators gathered in Hebron. They lit a "freedom torch" in front of Arafat Jaradat's home. Israel tortured him to death.
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