AOHR Holds Israel Responsible For Health Deterioration Of Detainee Sarsak
11/06/2012
LONDON, (PIC)-- The Arab Organization for Human rights (AOHR) in the UK has held Israel responsible for the worsening
health condition of detainee Mahmoud Al-Sarsak and called for his immediate release to save his life.
AOHR said in a statement on Monday that reports by the Assaf Harofeh hospital in Tel Aviv indicate that Sarsak, who has
been on hunger strike for 88 days, was dying.
The main reason for the serious deterioration in Sarsak’s health condition was the Israeli delay in settling his issue,
the statement said, explaining that Israel offered him three months of deportation to Norway then told him he would be
released on 1st July.
It noted that the Israeli prison service, however, did not provide him with a written statement on his release, which
made him continue in his hunger strike.
The AOHR called on the European Union and human rights organizations to support Sarsak, 25, charging that the Israeli
oppressive measures against Palestinian prisoners had led to the death of many of them.
The AOHR asked the EU and the UN Human Rights Council to send a fact-finding committee to probe Israeli violations of
Palestinian prisoners’ rights, and to pressure Israel to release all sick prisoners and to respect the rights of the
remaining prisoners in accordance with the Geneva agreement.
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