Zakaria Zubeidi, co-founder of The Freedom Theatre and former leader of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, has been imprisoned by the Palestinian Authority for close to four months. No charges have been made against him, no evidence presented and throughout his imprisonment his rights has been severely violated, as described by among others Human Rights Watch*.
Today Zakaria’s release was yet again postponed for 8 days for additional investigations. As a response Zakaria announced he will embark on a hunger and fluid strike, a so called death fast, which effectively means that unless the Palestinian Authority releases Zakaria he will most probably not make it through the week.
[quote]Israel and the Palestinian Authority are trampling on the rights of Freedom Theater’s staff. A theater should be able to offer critical and provocative work without fearing that its staff will be arrested and abused.