Prisoners rights group Samidoun has launched a petition calling on the Israeli government to release Palestinian MP Khalida Jarrar, 54, who has been under administrative detention for almost a year.
180+ groups demand Israel free Khalida Jarrar, jailed a year without charge or trial https://t.co/yxVrIS9Ov3 pic.twitter.com/lK3RvLcLXF
— Samidoun (@SamidounPP) June 28, 2018
On June 14, 2018, an Israeli military court extended Jarrar’s detention by four months, for the third time in a row.
The petition was signed by political parties, feminist groups, solidarity groups, human rights organizations and legal groups, from over 20 countries.
Free Khalida Jarrar, Palestinian parliamentarian and feminist.
Sign petition here: https://t.co/RJkY29P1Xc pic.twitter.com/zB5FkzxA28
— ISM Palestine (@ISMPalestine) June 27, 2018
Jarrar, a Vice-Chair of the Board of Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association (Addameer), was jailed on 2 July 2017 in a night raid by Israeli forces on her home in the Al-Bireh city, north of occupied Jerusalem.
The petition stated:
“We are calling for days of action for the freedom of Khalida Jarrar between 30 June and 2 July. It is more important than ever that our voices are heard and our actions are visible.”
It added:
“She is one of approximately 450 Palestinians held under administrative detention, a relic of the British colonial mandate that has been used by the Israeli occupation to jail thousands of Palestinian community and political leaders, and one of approximately 6,100 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.”
Free Khalida Jarrar! Use this new, up-to-date flier to educate others about the Palestinian parliamentarian, feminist and leftist leader – imprisoned by Israel for nearly a year under administrative detention, without charge or trial – and build the struggle for liberation. pic.twitter.com/NhFnAVOBrl
— Samidoun (@SamidounPP) June 23, 2018
Addameer notes:
“This practice of arbitrary detention is a grave violation of international laws and human rights standards, particularly articles 78 and 72 of the Fourth Geneva Convention which state that an accused individual has the right to defend him/herself. This also violates Article 66 of the Fourth Geneva Convention and the basic standards of fair trial.”
Activists in New York and other cities worldwide have already started to organize protests as part of the campaign to free Khalida Jarrar.
Urgent Action: Help Free PLC Member Khalida Jarrar, via @Addameer https://t.co/kljWioT2u6 pic.twitter.com/LnAfsdDd7a
— Adalah-NY (@AdalahNY) June 23, 2018
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