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RAMALLAH, March 20, 2014 (WAFA) - PLO
Executive Committee member, Hanan Ashrawi, stressed that, “With the arbitrary
arrests of Palestinians and the torture of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli
jails, Israel is in direct violation of international law and the basic norms
of human rights. There is a global rule of law, and Israel must be subject to
it.”
During a meeting with a European
Parliament ad-hoc delegation on Palestinian prisoners, in Ramallah at the PLO
Headquarters, Ashrawi said that “All Palestinians are living in a prison.”
Ashrawi said, “We thank the European
Parliament for sending this fact-finding mission to investigate the conditions
of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, particularly the recent deaths of
Palestinians in detention. It is our
hope that this mission will help uphold prisoners’ rights in ways that are in
line with international humanitarian law, and that prevent the further
injustice and torture of Palestinian prisoners.”
Both parties discussed Israeli
measures pertaining to the Palestinian prisoners’ situation, the abduction and
arrest of Palestinian parliamentarians, the urgent need for the application of
international and humanitarian law in the imprisonment of Palestinians and for
Israel to be held accountable.
In the meeting, Ashrawi welcomed the European
Parliament resolution of March 14, 2013 that called “for the immediate release
of all imprisoned members of the PLC, including Marwan Barghouti.”
“We call on members of the international
community that are signatories to the Fourth Geneva Convention to act on the
basis of truth and justice and hold Israel accountable for its grave breaches
of international law and conventions---It is high time for all states to put an
end to Israel’s systematic devaluation of the basic rights and lives of the
Palestinian people. For there to be
peace, there must be a recognition of parity of rights,” Ashrawi concluded.
T.R.
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