[News] Palestinians hold vigil in Ramallah against Israel’s withholding of martyrs bodies

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 Palestinians hold vigil in Ramallah against Israel’s withholding of
martyrs bodies

November 25, 2021 - https://qudsnen.co/?p=31855

Ramallah (QNN)- Dozens of Palestinians held a vigil on Thursday in the
center of Ramallah city against Israel’s withholding of Palestinian martyrs
bodies.

Dozens Palestinian protesters earlier today organized a vigil in the center
of the city to express opposition against Israel’s withholding of bodies of
Palestinian martyrs, demanding the occupation authorities to return their
bodies, as since 2015, the occupation authorities have been withholding the
bodies of 81 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces.

مراسل شبكة قدس: "تظاهرة في رام الله، لعوائل الفلسطينيين المحتجزة جثامينهم
لدى الاحتلال". pic.twitter.com/p0BQefPkfL <https://t.co/p0BQefPkfL>

— شبكة قدس الإخبارية (@qudsn) November 25, 2021
<https://twitter.com/qudsn/status/1463854990792003589?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw>

254 Palestinian martyrs are buried in Israeli military patrolled grave
sites, 81 are in police morgues and 68 are disappeared, in violation of the
international law.

The Geneva Conventions stresses the necessity of burying the bodies of
deceased detainees or those who were killed with respect according to
procedures that are appropriate with their religious culture.

On 9 September 2019, the Israeli Supreme Court ruled that the occupation
state may continue to hold the bodies of Palestinians as bargaining chips.

A rule that marked “the first time in history that a court – anywhere in
the world – authorizes state authorities to hold the bodies of individuals
under its control, to which international laws governing occupation apply,
and to use them as bargaining chips. It undermines the most basic
principles of universal humanity, and violates both Israeli law and
international law”, according to Adalah, the Legal Center for Arab Minority
Rights.

“No country in the world allows itself to hold and to use bodies as a
political bargaining chip. These practices violate international
humanitarian law (IHL) and international human rights law, including the UN
Convention against Torture, which absolutely prohibits such cruel, inhuman
and degrading treatment,” Adalah said.
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