Amnesty International called on Wednesday for the urgent release of Palestinian prisoner Ahmad Manasra, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported.
“It is outrageous that the Israeli authorities have renewed Ahmad Manasra’s spell in solitary confinement,” Heba Morayef, Amnesty International’s Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa, said.
The act of sparing #Israel a spot on the UN's LIST OF SHAME is in itself shameful. #FreePalestinehttps://t.co/8uocUkKMkF via @middleeastmnt pic.twitter.com/x8FJOwOmWH
— Ramzy Baroud (@RamzyBaroud) July 23, 2022
Morayef made her remarks responding to the Israeli Prison Service’s (IPS) decision to renew the solitary confinement of Ahmad Manasra, a Palestinian prisoner who has developed serious mental health problems since his arrest as a child seven years ago.
“Continuing to detain Ahmad Manasra in such inhumane conditions is a callous act of injustice. Ahmad has been diagnosed with schizophrenia and is severely depressed,” she added.
The statement went on to explain that Manasra was just 13 years old when he was arrested.
'We Regret We Failed to Protect You': UN Experts Urge Israel to Free Ahmad Manasra
– Palestine Chronicle https://t.co/MHUuFI9Q4S— Aoude (@AoudeA) July 14, 2022
“The decision to detain him should always have been a measure of last resort and for the shortest possible time. Now, he is said to be a shadow of his former self and has threatened to take his own life,” AI said, adding that “the Israeli authorities must immediately revoke their decision to renew his solitary confinement, and urgently release him from detention.”
(WAFA, PC, SOCIAL)
