RAMALLAH, Apr 26 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestine, on Saturday, urged Israel to release a Palestinian prisoner, diagnosed with COVID-19, three days after he was arrested by Israeli forces in the West Bank.
Saeb Erekat, secretary-general of the Palestine Liberation Organisation, accused Israel of violating international law by continuing the detention of the 21-year-old, demanding his immediate release.
“Mohamed Hasan is a student from Birzeit University, held by the Israeli occupier, at a detention centre in Jerusalem. He has been diagnosed with COVID-19,” Erekat said, in a press statement.
He called on the international community and the UN secretary-general, to “oblige Israel to release him immediately, in order to follow up on his medical condition,” according to the statement.
According to Hasan’s lawyers, his interrogation was extended for eight more days despite his diagnosis.
Palestinian officials warned that, the situation of Hasan may put hundreds of other Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, at risk of contracting the virus.– NNN-WAFA
