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After 9 and half years of illegal
detention by the Palestinian Authority, Farouk Abu-Hassan
was released from jail on May 1, 2003. Mr. Abu-Hassan was
arrested without charges in 1994 by the Military
Intelligence Service (MIS) of the Palestinian Authority.
Mr. Abu-Hassan had a private meeting
with Mousa Arafat, the Head of MIS, and was then released.
While it is a great victory for Mr.
Abu-Hassan to be released, PHRMG is greatly distressed that
such long illegal detentions exist within the Palestinian
Authority. It is a blatant violation of human rights to
arrest a citizen without charges and imprison them without
trial. Palestinian civilians suffer tremendously under the
Israeli occupation and further persecution by the hands of
their own leaders is reproachable.
In our last message, we requested that
letters would be written on behalf of Mr. Abu-Hassan. There
is no further need to write letters. Thank you for your
advocacy on his behalf.
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Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring
Group (PHRMG)
The PHRMG is a Palestinian, independent, non-governmental
organization working to end human rights violations
committed against Palestinians in the West Bank, Gaza Strip,
and East Jerusalem, regardless of those responsible. The
members of the Monitoring Group believe that the strength of
democracy and civil society in Palestinian society will be
determined by the Palestinian people, through their defense
or neglect of human rights.
Ragheb Nashashibi Street 5
Sheikh Jarrah-Jerusalem
P.O. Box 19918
East Jerusalem 91198
admin@phrmg.org
www.phrmg.org
Tel. 972-2-582-3372/3
Fax. 972-2-582-3385 |
