Roumieh Inmates Continue Hunger Strike

Some 1,200 inmates in Roumieh prison have continued their hunger strike for the third day in a row demanding a general pardon and improving the conditions in the prison, reported the pan-Arab daily Al-Hayat on Wednesday.

The committee charged with following up the situation in Roumieh prison held a meeting on Tuesday headed by Internal Security Forces chief Ashraf Rifi in order to address the situation in the jail and follow up on its maintenance operations and the needs of the inmates, including increasing the number of doctors at the prison.

An ISF statement said that eight general medicine doctors and two dentists have started work at Roumieh prison on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, a 50-member unit of police commandos from the ISF inspected the Tebnin jail in search of forbidden items, such as mobile phones, televisions, and the like.