10 PALESTINIAN MPS BEHIND ISRAELI BARS

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April 19, 2021

The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) continues to detain 10 Palestinian lawmakers illegally in its jails, mostly in administrative detention.

The lawmakers are Ahmed Attoun, Hasan Yousef, Ahmed Saadat, Nizar Ramadan, Khaled Tafesh, Marwan Barghouthi, Hatem Qafisha, Mohamed Maher, Khaleda Jarra and Yasser Mansour.

Their detention is arbitrary and not based on legal grounds. Palestinians consider their detention “a politically motivated and punitive measure that violates international law.”

Over the years, more than 70 Palestinian MPs, mostly from the Hamas Movement, were arrested and detained more than once because of their political and social activities.

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