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August 7, 2008 The Mandela institute for
human rights and political prisoners revealed
that there are seven Palestinian mothers
imprisoned in Israeli jails whose husbands are
also prisoners suffering from harsh living
conditions and maltreatment.
Lawyer Buthaina Duqmaq, the head of the
institute, stated that the Israeli prison
authority deprives those Palestinian wives
from seeing their children and their
imprisoned husbands flouting international
law.
Duqmaq said that Iman Ghazzawi, 33, is
serving a 13-year prison term and has two
little children living with their paternal
grandparents because her husbands Shaher
Barakat is in Israeli jails too.
The jurist also underlined the suffering of
other female prisoners whose husbands also in
Israeli jails namely Nura Al-Hashlamon, 37,
Ihlam Al-Tamimi, 28, Khulud Al-Mesri, 39,
Ittaf Alyan, 44, Khawla Zeitawi, 30, pointing
out that all those seven women are denied
seeing their children and husbands; besides,
some of them suffers from diseases and are not
provided appropriate medical treatment.
The jurist underscored that the number of
Palestinian women in Israeli jails rose to 79
female prisoners detained in the prisons of
Damon, Tel Mond and Ramla, noting that the
rate of arrested women in 2008 increased by 25
percent compared to that of 2007.
The jurist also unveiled that there are
five Palestinian girls under age 18 in Israeli
jails, three of them are administratively
detained namely Salwa Salah,17, Sara Seyori,
16, Afaf Betteek, 17.
In another context, Israel's ambassador to
the UN Itzhak Levanon announced that Israel
will boycott the next UN conference on human
rights and racism to be held in the spring of
next year.
Israel and the US had withdrawn from the
previous conference held about seven years ago
at the pretext that its deliberations centered
on Israel only and discussed proposals to
equate Zionism with racism. The proposal was
not adopted at the end.
43 MPs still languishing
in Israeli jails
The PA ministry of prisoners and
ex-prisoners' affairs has confirmed Monday
that the Israeli occupation government
released former PA finance minister MP Omar
Abdul Razeq, leaving 43 Palestinian MPs from
Hamas's bloc in the PLC in detention.
Reyadh Al-Ashqar, the information officer
in the ministry explained in a statement he
issued in this regard and a copy of which was
obtained by the PIC, that the Israeli Salem
military court sentenced Abdul Razeq to 26
months in jail, but decided to release him
after he served more than 25 months in
detention.
He also pointed out that despite the
release of Abdul Razeq, the Israeli occupation
authorities was still detaining 43 Palestinian
MPs and three former ministers in the 10th PA
government which was formed by Hamas after it
swept the legislative elections in 2006.
Abdul Razeq was kidnapped at the hands of
the IOF troops along with tens of Palestinian
lawmakers from Hamas's change and reform bloc
in the PA legislative, including PLC speaker
MP Dr. Aziz Dwaik among others more than two
years ago.
PA prisoners and ex-prisoners' affairs
minister Ahmad Shwaidah hailed the release of
Abdul Razeq, and inquired about the health
condition of the five Palestinian lawmakers
who were injured when a reckless Israeli van
driver transporting them to the court drove in
a high speed before he deliberately made a
sharp stop, sending the five handcuffed
lawmakers to the ground.
At least two Palestinian lady legislators
MP Maryam Saleh and MP Mona Mansour were also
kidnapped at the hands of the IOF troops.
Saleh spent seven months in detention before
she was released few days ago, while Mansour
was reportedly released on Monday after two
weeks in detention.
As this developed, the ministry appealed to
all concerned human rights and legal
institutions to immediately intervene, and to
pressure the Israeli occupation into releasing
those kidnapped parliamentarians without
conditions. |
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