Hundreds of political detainees in Abbas jails

18-12-2010

Al Qassam website - MP Dr. Aziz Dwaik, the speaker of the Palestinian parliament, has urged Friday the militia of Mahmoud Abbas, the de-facto PA chief, to release all political detainees in the PA jails in the West Bank, considering such step necessary for achieving national reconciliation.

In an interview with the Quds Press on Friday, Dwaik criticized the Fatah-controlled media in the West Bank for attempting to twist facts by blaming Hamas for using the file of political detainees to evade national reconciliation.

"Neither our customs nor our law allows for the Palestinian to detain his fellow Palestinian for his political affiliation. A faction cannot be blamed for defending its innocent cadres as their detention is wrong in the first place,” said Dwaik in reaction to the allegations of Fatah media.

He underlined that hundreds of political detainees, the great majority from Hamas, are still incarcerated in Abbas's jails in the West Bank, and subjected to harsh physical and moral torture.

He further said that the PA jails are full of Hamas supporters, some of them are elderly and sick whose detention is very inhumane, some of them are cancer patients, calling for the release of all political prisoners to create a suitable atmosphere for national reconciliation.

Source: Ezzedeen al-Qassam Brigades - Information Office.
Link: http://www.qassam.ps/news-3923-Hundreds_of_political_detainees_in_Abbas_jails.html.