19 Jordanians prisoners held in Israeli prisons

Israeli prisons
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AMMAN — There are currently 19 Jordanian prisoners in Israeli prisons, nine of them facing life sentences, according to the rapporteur of the National Committee for Jordanian Prisoners and Missing Persons in Israeli Prisons, Fadi Farah.اضافة اعلان

Farah told Amman Net that the prisoners are facing torture and abuse, unfair laws, exaggerated sentences, lack of access to the most basic rights, and deliberate medical neglect at the hands of the occupation.

‘An empty place at the table’Furthermore, Israel also alienates them from their families, depriving them of visits.
The prisoners are facing torture and abuse, unfair laws, exaggerated sentences, lack of access to the most basic rights, and deliberate medical neglect at the hands of the occupation.
For the prisoners' families, this situation is difficult. “As we gather with our families at the iftar table, and prepare for the upcoming holidays, the prisoners' families always have an empty place at the table,” Farah said.


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