An Israeli military court has rejected an appeal to end the detention of a Palestinian journalist who is in critical condition because of an ongoing hunger strike, which has spanned 54 days so far. Thrown out by an Israeli military court on Saturday, the appeal called for Israel to end 33-year-old Muhammad al-Qeq's administrative detention. Qeq launched his hunger strike on November 24 and vowed to continue until he is released. Administrative detention is a practice in which Israel jails Palestinians for renewable six-month intervals on "secret evidence" without charge or trial. Of the estimated 6,800 Palestinians behind bars in December, at least 660 were administrative...
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