May 12, 2002: Update: Both yesterday and today the 4 Americans being detained called their Embassy pleading for assistance to put an end to this intolerable situation. The four hunger-strikers are in deterioating health and have expressed their outrage at the lack of attention and support by the American Embassy.
Since Trevor Baumgarten collapsed yesterday afternoon from having no food for 10 days and no water for four, no one from the American Embassy has yet visited them. The four men are protesting their deportation and the Ministry of the Interior's reneging on an agreement reached last week, that they wouldn't be deported.
Out of the group of 10, 1 British and 1 Dane have already been deported. The remaining detainees have not been told what is happening to them and sitting in these Israeli prisons without any no idea when they will be allowed to leave and go free. Their lawyer, Allegra Pacheco, has visited both the women and men in the prison in the last two days.
Since Trevor Baumgarten collapsed yesterday afternoon from having no food for 10 days and no water for four, no one from the American Embassy has yet visited them. The four men are protesting their deportation and the Ministry of the Interior's reneging on an agreement reached last week, that they wouldn't be deported.
Out of the group of 10, 1 British and 1 Dane have already been deported. The remaining detainees have not been told what is happening to them and sitting in these Israeli prisons without any no idea when they will be allowed to leave and go free. Their lawyer, Allegra Pacheco, has visited both the women and men in the prison in the last two days.