The Palestinian Authority yesterday called on the United Nations Security Council and Human Rights Council to intervene to release former Palestinian aid worker in the occupied Gaza Strip, Mohammed Al-Halabi.
In an official statement, the Palestinian Foreign Ministry said that the UN organizations must “urgently intervene to secure Al-Halabi’s release.” The statement came a day before his 167th trial session.
Israeli occupation court extends the detention of Palestinian Gaza prisoner Mohammed al-Halabi by another 90 days.
— Abood M Alfarra (@AboodMalfarra) November 16, 2021
“Al-Halabi’s trial proves, once again, how the occupation’s judicial system and its military institution work together to oppress the Palestinians,” the statement read.
Al-Halabi, a father of five children, has been detained in Israeli prisons since 2016 without any charges pressed against him. He was arrested as he passed through the Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing, and accused of “transferring funds to Hamas” at the time.
Khalil al-Halabi and Ramzy Baroud: 115 Court Appearances and Counting: Father of ‘Humanitarian Hero’, Mohammed Al-Halabi Speaks Out https://t.co/TxtTBaFVI1 via @MiddleEastMnt pic.twitter.com/HRtTDNEG1U
— Ramzy Baroud (@RamzyBaroud) June 27, 2019
He was also reported by the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club to have been subjected to “harsh interrogation, and physical and psychological torture for 52 days.”
Last March, the Australian Foreign Ministry said that an examination it had conducted for the World Vision International – for whom Al-Halabi worked – had proved that the accusations against Al-Halabi were “false”, adding that it had “evidence that he was not involved in helping Hamas.”
(MEMO, PC, Social Media)
