ZIONIST COURT REFUSES TO RELEASE A PATIENT PALESTINIAN PRISONER
West Bank, 13 Jumadil Awwal 1435/14 March 2014 (MINA) – Israeli occupation court rejected a request for early release of patient prisoner Mutasem Raddad, sentenced to 20 years, for health reasons.
Raddad is suffering from inflammatory bowel cancer and severe bleeding for several years; his health is deteriorating dramatically, ALRAY, Palestinian Media Agency quoted by Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA) as reporting, Friday.
Raddad refused to undergo a serious surgery of bowel resection. In the light of the court’s decision, he threatened to take protest steps to provoke his cause and expose the policy of medical negligence against him and the other patient prisoners.
In a relevant vein, Israeli Military Court of Salem extended on Wednesday the detention of female prisoner Mona Qa’dan,42, for the 13th time in a row.
Prisoner Qa’dan was arrested on November 10,2012 shortly after being released in Shalit prisoner swap deal.
22 female Palestinian prisoners groping for freedom
A human rights society said the female Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails numbered 22, seven of them are tried and 15 detained without charge or trial.
Palestinian Prisoners’ Club stated in a report marking the International Women’s Day that the oldest-serving female prisoner is Lena Jerboni, detained since 2002 and sentenced to 17 years.
While the youngest of the prisoners, 17 of whom are held in Hasharon prison, is Maram Hassouna, with 18 years of age.
A report published recently by Ahrar Center for Prisoners Studies and Human Rights showed that most of the female prisoners jailed in the Hasharon prison are suffering from various diseases and are in need of treatment.
Fouad Khuffash, the director of the center, said Lena Jerboni, from Nablus, suffers from the effects of a gall bladder operation she underwent about six months ago, while Dunya Waked, from Tulkarem, has diabetes and suffers from asthma and shortness of breath.
Inam al-Hasanat, from Bethlehem, is reeling from migraines.
Prisoner Nawal Saadi, from Jenin, 52, who is the eldest of the female prisoners, suffers from high blood pressure, the report said.
Tahrir Alqani, from Nablus district, suffers from severe eye infections since her arrest and her condition is deteriorating if the prison administration fails to provide the necessary treatment.
Nahil Abu Eisha, from Hebron, suffers from severe abdominal pain and is in need of treatment.
Mona Ka’adan, from Jenin, is suffering from high blood pressure.
Intisar al-Sayad, from Jerusalem, is suffering from respiratory problems because of the congested atmosphere in the small prison rooms with polluted air.
Fouad Khuffash, described the situation inside the Hasharon prison as “catastrophic”, saying, “the prison and its interiors are not adequate for living, and these conditions created by the Israeli occupation which it forces the Palestinian prisoners to live in are punishment. (T/E01/IR)
Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA)
