HUNGER STRIKE FOR JUSTICE
A CALL FOR AN END OF INHUMAN ARREST
To all free men all around the world, to those who firmly stand against injustice and all its hideous forms, here’s my outcry. It’s has been a year now that I suffer from the bitterness of being unjustly imprisoned in Egyptian prisons, without committing any crime. I am being prosecuted in a politically biased court, controlled by the military’s wishes instead of law. In my country, all human rights have been violated. We are ruled by the law of the jungle. In a time where people from all over the world fight for animals rights, I struggle to find someone who stands for his fellow human being in my country. Do we live in a time where people only care about themselves without being concerned by humanity? This strike is not for my own freedom but for the freedom of my whole country, It is all I can do. I am asking for your support, for strong words against injustice.
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HUNGER STRIKE BATTLE MILITARY DETENTION PHASE MOTIVES BEHIND UNDERGOING THE STRIKE
STORY OF HOW I DIED DAY 68-NEGLECTION OF STRIKE They say Hunger strike is an inherent right of objecting using peaceful means and that it is an eective method in countries that respect the rights of their citizens, unfortunately that wasn’t the case in my country The strike was being met by neglect from my people, they didnt bear to talk against injustice.
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TAKEN FROM HOME
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I REMEBER THE DAY I WAS DETAINED I remember all its details; my son giving him an apologetic look – Sorry to disturb your lunch , be kind to your mun you are now her man– i was grabbed towards the door . My son’s screaming voice is still echoing in my head .
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1 YEAR HAD PASSED WITH NO IMPACT It’s has been a year now that I suffer from the bitterness of being unjustly imprisoned , without committing any crime. What had i committed to lose my future.
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SELF DENIAL DAY 400 -UNDER DETENTION
Indeed am dreaming all this is not true , What if this human being was sucessful, And his profession is respected by millions of people, What if he was targeted, accused and put in prison without any fair trial because of a crime he didnt commit. Shouldn’t Egyptians be more interested in his case, why every one is denying me. This is so wrong! Soon yes, soon Egyptians shall overcome and freedom, justice and dignity will prevail in my country. Yes, I still have faith in my people . Yes you may call it false hope and am dreaming, but It is hope that keeps me alive and helps me stay .
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MY LIFE ! DAY 350 -LOST MY LIFE INVAIN
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It’s not all about me. My Family how can they deprive me from seeing them. Am left here with just memories of them, my mind has been on them all days. I want to tell my son how proud I am of him because he’s taking good care of himself and his mother. I want to offer up hope and remind him to focus on the light at the end of the tunnel. Am Starting to lose hope here, I need to pour my heart and soul to my wife and son and tell them all the things that had happened during the past week. I need a shoulder to cry on am so tired.
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FREEDOM DAY 200 -I’D DIE TO GAIN MY FREEDOM Disappointment and grief! Yes this is how I feel. Oh god I can’t sit here powerless. I need my freedom. Can’t sit here with falsified hope saying that may be one day get a fair trial where justice would indeed prevail. Enough with deceieving my self!
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BIASED BIASED COURT COURT DAY 120 150 -WITHOUT -STILL NO FAIR TRIAL
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Justice , where’s justice? It’s has been a year now that I suffer from the bitterness of being unjustly imprisoned in Egyptian prisons, without committing any crime. I am being prosecuted in a politically biased court, controlled by the military’s wishes instead of law. In my country, all human rights have been violated. we are over twenty thousand political prisoner here with no crime. Yes we are ruled by the law of the jungle & no one bears to stand by our side.
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HUNGER STRIKE BATTLE THE JOURNEY & STRIKE SYMPTOMS WHAT THE STRIKER UNDERGO IN HIS BATTLE
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HUNGER OR DIGNITY DAY 01 -DECISION OF STIKE i have a general feeling of exhaustion but I should continue my hunger strike ,which means the refusal of all forms of food and liquid until my demands are met. Its the only way to defend my dignity. The hunger strike has been initiated because this is the only tool that I can achieve my rights. I must pressurize the government and force it to negotiate on my demands.
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NO THIRST DAY 15 -NO LONGER THIRSTY My hunger pangs and thirst almost disappeared. I know that my body often settles into a kind of acceptance, which is switching from the use of glucose to a new energy converted from our fatty acids. In other words we start consuming or eating ourselves This is all going to pass but my biggest fear of fasting in the first weeks is lowered blood pressure, which can cause me fainting and losing my conscious and i know the guards would leave me to die here.
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I FEEL SO WEAK DAY 28 -CANNOT STAND STILL I know that three weeks had passed with no impact, I feel extremely exhausted and hungry. I can barely stand up with almost no control over my muscles and My heartbeat slows , I feel so cold and tired.
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CAN’T STOP VOMITING DAY 36 -VOMITTING NON STOP
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I met the prison doctor trying to convince me to release my strike. She informed me that my sensation of thirst will be dulled, and due to thiamine deficiency sets in on many hunger strikers, further damaging muscles and often causing non stop vomiting. If only they let me see my family for one moment, just one one moment , i know all these would go away.
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CAN’T SEE CLEARLY DAY 42 -SEEING DOUBLE VISION
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I know concentration becomes impossible for me, I feel total indierence with my surrounding I can’t even control my eye movements and have double vision. Everything seems to be like overexposed pictures from my forgoten memories. I remember everything, how I was taken with no crime, how I was treated inhumanly and tortured from the police and military. Yes, These memories lives with me everyday .
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I AM BLEEDING DAY 45 -INTERNALLY BLEEDING
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I’m bleeding internally and externally, My brain function is severely impaired, I feel confused most of the time. my heart aches. I know this is so wrong I hadn’t planned for it but it’s my last weapon to gain my freedom. Persistence and will and surely people will stand with our cause and soon i’ll return back to my family.
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CAN’T SENSE MY LIMBS
DAY 60-CAN’T FEEL THE WORLD So needless to say, starving to death is not a pretty way to go. Yes, i know It takes its time till people become aware of our conditions. Till when I’d wait like that till people would stand by us . Just a simple word against injustice would make a difference. I feel powerless and tired and I dont want to lose my faith.
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LOSING CONSCIOUS
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DAY 66 -LOSING MY CONSCIOUS Another day of felling unconscious, I had been transferred to the prison’s intensive care unit, the prison’s administration had been neglecting my health accusing me of bearing the responsibility my current condition. I told them before I would rather gain my freedom or die with dignity and i’ll my strike till i gain my freedom.
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JUSTICE FREEDOM
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DAY 68 -THE END OF JOURNEY I remember the day ahmed samy had died because of his strike and now its my turn, its been 2 monthes now and I struggled find someone who stands for his fellow human being . My dear son remember that your father had died defending his rights. One day we shall be united. Justice, Freedom, Dignity.
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HUNGER STRIKE BATTLE EGYPTIANS RESPONSE TO CASE WHY DON’T EGYPTIANS SYMPHASIZE WITH THEM
STORY OF 143 STRIKER 44%-CAN FACE DEATH AT ANY TIME This isn’t the story of a single striker, it’s the story of 143 strikers who can face death at any time due to the neglecting of their case. More than 143 prisoners at Egyptians prisons have already been on a hunger strike with a number exceeding 300 days, with some trials of force-feeding while others enter the worst and most dangerous period of a hunger strike.
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HOW INJUST IS THE SYSTEM! BUT -THIS IS SUICIDAL ATTEMPT Yes there are numerous verses and sayings of scholars to leave no doubt that committing suicide is prohibited. However, sometimes the hunger strikes taken by prisoners not meant by the person to reach the point of death but rather to raise awakening and awareness to one’s cause or remove hardships one faces or retrieve rights taken away.
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WE NEED STABILITY SACRIFICE-FOR COUNTRY SATBILITY Though I feel so much alienated in my country, but they always say any form of opposition won’t bring stability to our country. And our rulers always threatening us that they can’t produce prosperity because of the internal and external threats.
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I CANT SUPPORT YOU! MY SUPPORT-WONT MAKE DIFFERENCE I Can’t help the strikers I fear for my own future and my family’s. Even if I tried to help how can I. I would never be able to help them . I should Focus on my own well being so that you i can support my own family and stay away from politics. Am sorry I can’t help!
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THE SYSTEM DOESNT FAVOUR TODAY’S ALLEY-IS TOMORROW’S ENEMY As always, I learn lessons the only way: the hard way. In the past, I said stay away from the system, I wanted to protect my family.i say injustice with my bare eyes and accepted it because they were of a different party. Now I knew that deep down i shouldn’t have accepted. The system doesn’t favor and once they are done with opposition soon they’ll be done with the others.
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REMEMBER IT MIGHT BE YOUR TURN I have allowed this to happen when I first silently witnessed it happen to my brothers yes, it’s about not saying it’s none of my business because your turn will come sooner or later and then there will be no one left to call for help.
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