Amnesty: Palestinian hunger striker close to death

Relatives visit Muhammed al-Qiq, a Palestinian prisoner on hunger strike, in a hospital in the town of Afula, February 5, 2016. (AFP photo)

These are some of the headlines we are tracking for you in this edition of Press TV's Top 5:

  • Voters in the US state of New Hampshire go to the polls in a key primary vote as part of a nationwide contest to determine the Republican and Democratic presidential candidates.
     
  • The Syrian army reaches the vicinity of Tal Rif'at, near the Turkish border as it presses ahead with its offensive on terrorist-held areas in the northern province of Aleppo.
     
  • Iran’s Air Force receives the first cargo of home-made and high-precision air-based cruise missile, known as Nasr. The missile’s production line was launched last year.
     
  • Amnesty International slams Israel for keeping a hunger-striking Palestinian journalist imprisoned with no charge or trial, amid more protests calling for his immediate release.
     
  • And British protesters attend a vigil outside Holloway Prison in north London to call for a inquiry into the death of a mentally-ill woman in her cell.

 


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