Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails demand PoW status
The Palestinian Authority’s Ministry of Prisoner Affairs
and the Palestinian prisoners society held a press conference on Tuesday
afternoon in the Palestinian Media Center in Ramallah. The press
conference has been held over steps that Palestinian prisoners in
Israeli jails are set to take in order to be recognized and treated as
prisoners of war.
The speakers of the press conference stressed that Palestinian
prisoners in Israeli jails have not committed any crimes but were
imprisoned only because of their participation in a national liberation
struggle and should therefore be recognized and treated as prisoners of
War.The 700 prisoners who will start their acts of disobedience on Wednesday in order to be recognized as prisoners of war are according to the speakers, jailed for being members of Palestinian resistance groups.
The speakers also said they see the fresh steps by the prisoners as a boost that comes from the recognition of Palestine as a non-member observer state at the United Nations General Assemble in November last year.
Palestinian prisoners who had also previously acted in disobedience in Israeli jails to be recognized as prisoners of war were brutally repressed by Israeli jailors, isolated and deprived of their rights. Now there are fears that Israel may commit similar acts aggression against the 700 Palestinian prisoners who demand their rights.
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