Urgent Action: Social justice activist on hunger strike
Suha Jbara has been on hunger strike since 22 November in protest against her detention and torture by Palestinian security forces. Her next court hearing is scheduled for 6 December 2018.
Take action.
Please write immediately in Arabic or English or your own language, calling on the authorities to:
- Ensure that, while in detention, Suha Jbara is granted access to her lawyers and able to consult them in private, provided with any medical care she needs, and protected from torture and other ill-treatment;
- Order a prompt, impartial, independent and effective investigation into Suha Jbara’s allegations of torture and other ill-treatment in Jericho Detention and Interrogation Center, and ensure that any officials identified as responsible are immediately suspended and subjected to disciplinary and criminal proceedings;
- Ensure that, while she is detained, her due process rights are upheld and that legal proceedings against her conform to international fair trial standards, including allowing her lawyers access to the legal case against her.
PLEASE SEND APPEALS BEFORE 10 JANUARY 2019 TO:
Minister of Justice
Ali Abu Diak
Ministry of Justice
Masyoun
Ramallah
State of Palestine
Fax: +970 (2) 2973265
Email: info@moj.gov.ps
Salutation: Dear Minister
Attorney General
Ahmad Barak
Office of the Public Prosecutor
Al-Tahrir Street, Masyoun
Ramallah
State of Palestine
Fax: +970 (2) 2983071
Email: ag.office@pgp.ps
Salutation: Dear Attorney General
And copies to:
Prime Minister
Rami Hamdallah
Office of the Prime Minister
Masyoun
Ramallah
State of Palestine
Fax: +970 (2) 2968989
Email: info@pmo.gov.ps
Salutation: Dear Prime Minister
Also send copies to diplomatic representatives accredited to your country.
Palestinian Mission in the UK 5 Galena Road, Hammersmith, London W6 0LT United Kingdom Phone: +44(0)208 563 0008 Fax: +44(0)208 563 0058 Email: info@palmissionuk.org
Please check with your section office if sending appeals after the above date.