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After 57 to 75 days without food, internal organ death follows. Birzeit University's Munir Nasser expects acid build-up to cost Adnan his sight. Kidney failure and coma are next. In his 59th day without food, he's weak and fading fast. He's vulnerable to infection. His heart muscles face hypertrophy. Doing so causes death.
Dozens of Birzeit University students protested outside Ofer military base supportively. Israeli security forces attacked them with tear gas and rubber bullets.
Journalists and dozens of others were injured while protesting. A weekly march was attacked with tear gas, rubber bullets, and waste water to stop them from reaching land earmarked for confiscation. Children, women and foreign human rights activists were affected.
The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights group finalized a report condemning administrative detention. It pledged efforts to internationally criminalize Israeli policy. It took special note of Adnan's struggle and Israel's contempt for human life and welfare.
Adnan's wife Randa said:
"My husband is dying inside an Israeli jail. The world should make sure I am able to see him....And it should pressure the Israeli government to release him before it's too late."
In mid-December, he began hunger striking against Israel's lawless detention. Prison authorities responded by beatings, painful interrogations, ripping hair from his beard, rubbing dirt on his face, and isolating him in a "punishment cell" with bright lights and loud noises to prevent sleep.
He also was denied medical treatment for gastric and back disc problems, as well as injuries soldiers and prison authorities caused. After his family members were insulted, including his children and elderly mother, he stayed silent and wouldn't talk.
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