Justice for Mohammad Othman
By Guest Post • Nov 14th, 2009 at 10:23 • Category: Biography, Counter-terrorism, No thanks!, Human Rights, Israel, Newswire, Palestine, Somoud: Arab Voices of Resistance
Weeks of solitary confinement. Six military hearings. Sleep deprivation. No access to a lawyer. No criminal charge.
Mohammad Othman, a prominent Palestinian activist involved with War on Want partner, Stop the Wall, has been detained without charge by Israeli authorities. His detention is illegal – and he now faces the risk of torture. We need to take action to free him now.
Write to the UK Foreign Secretary urging the British government to put pressure on Israel to release Mohammad immediately.
http://www.waronwant.org/Freemohammadothman
Mohammad has dedicated the last 10 years of his life to the defence of Palestinian human rights. Since his arrest by Israeli authorities on 22 September Mohammad has been subjected to six military hearings. Yet he still has not been charged with any crime, leading his lawyers to believe he is being targeted by Israel solely because of work in defence of human rights.
During his time in detention, Mohammad has been held mostly in solitary confinement and subjected to lengthy interrogation sessions, threats and sleep deprivation. He is currently being refused access to his lawyers and last week was secretly moved to a new detention centre, where his lawyers fear he could now be tortured.
War on Want is campaigning for Mohammad's urgent release. Please take this e-action now. With your help, we can free Mohammad Othman.
http://www.waronwant.org/Freemohammadothman
Thank you,
Yasmin Khan
Senior Campaigns Officer
visit: http://freemohammadothman.wordpress.com/
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Sad news — Mohammad was given administrative detention today:
http://freemohammadothman.wordpress.com/
Update 20 (23 November, 7 pm)
The military court has accepted a request by the prosecution for administrative detention for Mohammad. We still don't know how many months of administrative detention have been requested. According to normal procedure, within eight days, a review hearing will be held on the case.
Putting pressure now is crucial! Tomorrow morning Stop the Wall and Addameer will give a full update and campaigning and lobbying suggestions.