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Palestinian Hunger striker Samer Issawi is on day 263 of his strike and he is on the edge of his life, imprisoned with no charges and no trial.

At the protest outside the ABC at SouthBank in Brisbane Phil read out the letter from Samer Issawi explaining why he has chosen to go on hunger strike (Samer Issawi has been without food for many months and is near death).

Justice for Palestine Brisbane held a protest at the ABC’s lack of coverage of the Palestinian Prisoners Day Wednesday 17 April outside the ABC building at Southbank at 5pm.