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Sunday, November 15, 2009

EU parliament briefed on jailed PFLP leader

Ma'an
...Greek MEP Nikos Hountis... asked on Thursday that the European Commission look into Sa'adat's case, as well as others in Israeli jails.

"Sa'adat has been imprisoned since 2006," Hountis told the assembly. "He is being held in a special unit of solitary confinement in the Ramon prison, where he is deprived from fundamental human rights."

...The party leader was sentenced in December 2008 to 30 years in prison for belonging to the political party, which Israel considers an "illegal terrorist organization." His solitary confinement was renewed for another six months on 10 October.

In 2008, the European Parliament passed a resolution expressing concern for the estimated 11,000 Palestinians in Israeli jails, among them hundreds of women and children, as well as calling for the release of all of imprisoned Palestinian parliamentarians. Full story
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