[Pnews] Israeli High Court Postpones Decision on Setting Date for Returning of Bodies of Extrajudicially Executed Palestinians

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April 18, 2016 
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  Israeli High Court Postpones Decision on Setting Date for Returning of
  Bodies of Extrajudicially Executed Palestinians

*http://www.addameer.org/news/israeli-high-court-postpones-decision-setting-date-returning-bodies-extrajudicially-executed 
<http://www.addameer.org/print/2294>*<http://www.addameer.org/printpdf/2294> 


*Israeli High Court Postpones Decision on Setting Date for Returning of 
Bodies of Extrajudicially Executed Palestinians*

Ramallah - The Israeli High Court decided to postpone looking into the 
petition filed by Addameer attorney Adv. Mohammad Mahmoud regarding 
setting a date for returning the bodies of Palestinians who were 
extrajudicially executed to their families.

The judges stated that the hearing will be postponed until the end of 
the Jewish holidays and that the return of the bodies will be subject to 
extreme security measures. However, the prosecution did not provide the 
court with the details of the before mentioned security measures. The 
occupation authorities have returned most of the bodies of Palestinians 
who were extrajudicially executed in recent months to the families. 
However, they continue to  hold a number of the bodies despite the fact 
that some of the families agreed to the extremely harsh and arbitrary 
conditions.

Addameer considers the decision to keep the bodies of 15 Palestinians 
who were extrajudicially executed by Israeli forces and police for more 
than six months an extremely humiliating practice and one degrading to 
the human dignity of the deceased, family members and to the cultural 
and religious norms of Palestinian society. Addameer stresses that this 
practice constitutes collective punishment that targets the families of 
the deceased and aims to obstruct any attempts to investigate the 
extrajudicial executions.

The occupation authorities continue to withhold the bodies of 15 
Palestinians who were killed during the recent uprising that started in 
the beginning of October 2015. The names of the extrajudicially executed 
Palestinians that are still being held by the occupation authorities 
are: Thaer Abdul Salam Abu Ghazaleh (whose body has been  withheld the 
longest period), Hasan Khalid Jibril Manasra, Mohammad Khalil Olayyan, 
Alaa Dauod Abu Jamal, Mutaz Oweisat, Mohhamd Ali Nimer, Abdul Mohsen 
Shaher Hassouneh, Mohmmad Abu Khalaf, Fadwa Abu Teir, Bashar Masalha, 
Fuad Abu Rajab, Abdul Rahman Raddad, Abdul Malek Abu Kharoub, Mohammad 
Kaloti, and Abdul Fatah Sharif.

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