Protest in Jenin to defend Omar Nayef Zayed against extradition to Bulgaria
by samidoun
Palestinians
in Jenin protested on 11 February outside the headquarters of the
International Committee of the Red Cross, calling on Bulgaria to reject
the extradition of former Palestinian prisoner Omar Nayef Zayed to the Israeli state.
Zayed,
52, has lived in Bulgaria for 22 years; his wife and three children are
Bulgarian citizens. He escaped from Israeli imprisonment in 1990
following a 40-day hunger strike; he was serving a life sentence at the
time. Having escaped Palestine, he traveled to Bulgaria, where he has
lived ever since. In December 2015, the Israeli embassy in Sofia
demanded Bulgaria arrest and turn over Zayed. While Bulgarian police
raided his home, he was not present; he has taken sanctuary in the
Palestinian Embassy in Bulgaria.
Participants
in the protest included representatives of the Union of Palestinian
Women's Committees, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine,
former Palestinian prisoners and friends and relatives of Zayed.
Speakers
noted that this case is that of a Palestinian prisoner, being sought by
the Bulgarian authorities on the basis of his struggle in Palestine and
the demands of the Israeli occupation, saying that it is critical to
mobilize around this issue and prevent Zayed from being extradited.
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