Detainee S.R. Seeks to Deceive Public Opinion with Pseudo Hunger Strike (Prison Administration)

The detainee S.R, incarcerated in the Ain Sebaâ 1 local prison for rape and kidnapping, seeks to deceive public opinion by observing a pseudo-hunger strike, said Friday, the General Delegation for Prison Administration and Reintegration (DGAPR), stating that the latter is actually on a diet.

Contrary to publications posted by electronic press websites claiming that the detainee is observing an effective hunger strike, the latter is actually on a diet, since as soon as he announced this strike, he consumed food (honey and dates) and tonics (supradyne), stressed the same source in a statement, adding that he even consumed soup and juice twice (respectively on 22 and 23 May 2021).

As soon as he realized that the consumption of these foods would in itself constitute a flagrant cessation of his alleged hunger strike and thus expose his ploy, he refused to continue consuming them, explained the statement issued in reaction to what close relatives of the detainee, as well as people claiming to be human rights defenders, write in their pages on social networks.

By adopting this diet on the advice of those who encourage him not to declare the cessation of his pseudo-hunger strike, he seeks to avoid the negative repercussions of an effective hunger strike on his health condition and at the same time maintain a tireless media hammering to mislead public opinion by leading the latter to believe that the reason for which he was incarcerated is political and not of common law, noted the DGAPR, noting that this tactic is ultimately intended to put pressure on the judicial authority to obtain his release.

Otherwise “how to explain the fact that the vital indicators of the inmate (blood sugar and blood pressure) noted daily by the health service of the penal institution and the results of blood tests he received (dated May 31 and June 8 and 15, 2021) are each time normal?”, wondered the same source.

In addition, “how after an alleged hunger strike of more than 70 days does he manage to walk a whole distance from his cell to the lawyers’ office and have exchanges with his lawyers for enough time and claim at the same time that his health condition does not allow him to be present at a judicial hearing?”, also wondered the DGAPR.

One can obviously only understand these blatant contradictions by admitting the fact that the detainee in question is trying to avoid assuming his criminal responsibility in a case of common law, rape and kidnapping, the statement pointed out, adding that at the same time, some people, some electronic media and organizations, both inside and outside the country, all hostile to the best interests of the Kingdom, use this case they call “political” to orchestrate and conduct a media campaign and tendentious rage to blacken the image of the Kingdom with respect to human rights.