A Palestinian prisoner serving an 8-year sentence for resisting the occupation has died in an Israeli jail this morning, according to the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS).
PPS said in a statement that Nour Jaber Barghouti, 23, from Aboud town near Ramallah who has been in prison for four years, fell unconscious in the bathroom in the Naqab prison in southern Israel.
Wednesday, April 22, 2020, a Palestinian prisoner, Nour Jaber Barghouti, 23, from the city of Aboud near Ramallah who had been jailed for four years died after passing out in the bathroom at the Naqab prison in southern Israel.
source, https://t.co/tISPcCRN8q#Group4Palestine pic.twitter.com/h2iYzRpLfJ— dini (@dinisiswsdmo) April 22, 2020
It took the prison administration more than half an hour to provide Barghouti with medical assistance.
The prisoner was later pronounced dead, according to the PPS, which held the Israel Prisons Service responsible for his death and for not providing him with immediate assistance.
On #PalestinianPrisonersDay, Ramzy Baroud Discusses His New Book on Prisoners https://t.co/9JohfqoXbS via @PalestineChron pic.twitter.com/YF4UoBYlMX
— Ramzy Baroud (@RamzyBaroud) April 22, 2020
“Israel should not be permitted to continue this moral travesty unchallenged,” wrote Palestinian journalist and editor of The Palestine Chronicle Ramzy Baroud.
“International groups and organizations that purport to champion human rights should speak out for thousands of Palestinian prisoners, who are suffering and often dying alone in Israeli prisons.”
(Palestine Chronicle, WAFA, Social Media)
