It comes after Awadallah ended a strike he started on Monday, according to the Jordanian security statement.
A spokesman for the Jordanian Public Security Directorate, Colonel Amer Al-Sartawi, said in a statement on Saturday that Awadallah had informed the relevant authorities in the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Centers in writing on Friday that he had ended a hunger strike which he had told them would begin on Monday.
Al-Sartawi added: “The concerned detainee was transferred to hospital yesterday (Friday) to monitor his condition, as the doctors diagnosed his condition with a middle ear infection, and he received the treatment necessary and left the hospital”, emphasizing that he receives the necessary health monitoring in accordance with the law, and enjoys all of his rights, including with regard to visits, contacts, medical monitoring and consular visits.
denied the lawyer’s allegations
Al-Sartawi denied the allegations by Awadallah’s lawyer, who is in the United States, stressing that they were “baseless allegations”.
The spokesperson stressed that “the International Committee of the Red Cross also visited the detainee and was informed of the conditions of his imprisonment, which were fully in accordance with Jordanian law and relevant international standards”.
On Friday, Michael Sullivan, the lawyer for Awadallah, who holds US citizenship, issued a statement saying his client had resumed his hunger strike after the month of Ramadan, effective Monday, May 1, 2023.
“This morning prison officials took him to the hospital. After 762 days in solitary confinement,” Sullivan added.
It should be noted that Awadallah is sentenced to 15 years in prison in Jordan, for “incitement against the state and incitement to sedition”.
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