Shtayyeh calls for the release of the prisoners to preserve their lives

14/03/2020

Shtayyeh calls for the release of the prisoners to preserve their lives

 

Prime Minister Dr. Muhammad Shtayyeh, calls for Israel, to release all prisoners, especially the sick and those with chronic diseases, in order to preserve their lives in light of the outbreak of the Corona Virus (Covid-19) in Israel.

The Prime Minister said, during his meeting with a number of the families of the prisoners in his office in Ramallah on Saturday morning, "We will send a message to the International Red Cross to ask them to work to release the prisoners and ensure the safety of those who are imprisoned in the occupation prisons, and make sure that the prison administration observes the general safety measures of our prisoners, especially Reducing overcrowding in these prisons.”

The Prime Minister affirmed the importance of the work of the Prisoners' Authority in following up the safety of more than 6 thousand prisoners who are held in the occupation prisons, through legal and humanitarian frameworks.

 

 

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