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Addameer’s field researcher and human rights defender Salah Hamouri
has received a six months administrative detention order, which is
set to end on 22 February 2018. Initially, the Israeli Magistrate
Court of Jerusalem has ordered the conditional release of Hamouri
though, less than half an hour later, he was issued with the order.
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to the Court’s decision, Hamouri was going to be placed under
house arrest in Al-Reineh (a village in the north of the
territories occupied in 1948) for 20 days. He would also be
banned from entering Jerusalem and traveling outside of the
country for 3 months, until 28 November 2017. Additionally,
Hamouri had to pay a 10,000NIS bail and third party guarantees,
and when his family went to Al-Moskobyeh to pay the bail, they
were
informed that Hamouri will not be released.</p>
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sans-serif, Arial; text-align: justify; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Salah
Hamouri, 32, is a Palestinian-French dual citizen and former
Palestinian prisoner in Israeli jails. Hamouri was released in
Wafa al-Ahrar exchange deal in 2011 after spending seven years
in Israeli occupation prisons. In addition, he was banned from
entering the West Bank by an Israeli military order until
September 2016, and his wife Elsa Lefort is currently banned
from entering Palestine. </p>
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sans-serif, Arial; text-align: justify; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">This
arrest and decision is but one in a list of many, where the
occupying power has attempted to stifle the legitimate pursuit
of Palestinian human rights and basic dignity. For those who
dare to speak up against this oppressive colonial regime,
arbitrary detainment awaits.</p>
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sans-serif, Arial; text-align: justify; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">This
case is not simply the arrest of an individual. It is part of a
systematic policy of disempowerment. The aim is to ensure that
any work to supporting the Palestinian quest for
self-determination is punished severely. The thinking goes that
if enough are punished, and the weight is too much to bear, the
rest will be dismayed and accept the status quo. They will be
resigned to the fact that are part of a state structure that
treats them as
subjects, who can be imprisoned and stripped of the
rights at will.</p>
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sans-serif, Arial; text-align: justify; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">For
human rights defenders, there are two choices. Give up on your
cause, or accept the life of constant punishment. It is not an
easy choice to make. Salah could easily leave, live in France,
and have a quiet life with his wife and child. Though, he stays
as an example for us all. He remains in to the place of his
birth and struggles for those who the occupation seeks to reduce
from humans to subjects. For the assertion that he, and the
people
he serves, are human, the occupation ensures that he pays the
price.</p>
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Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association reiterates its
call for Hamouri's immediate release, as his detention
constitutes an attack on Palestinian human rights defenders. </p>
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considers administrative detention to be a form of arbitrary
detention which amounts to psychological torture. As a result of
being held indefinitely without charge or trial, the detainee
may develop a psychological disorder, long-term depression, and
chronic anxiety associated with the element of unpredictability.</p>
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sans-serif, Arial; text-align: justify; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">This
practice of arbitrary detention is a grave violation of
international laws and human rights standards, particularly
articles 78 and 72 of the Fourth Geneva Convention which state
that an accused individual has the right to defend himself. This
also violates article 66 of the Fourth Geneva Convention and the
basic standards of fair trial.</p>
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sans-serif, Arial; text-align: justify; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Organizations,
activists, and parliamentarians across France are mobilizing to
demand Hamouri's freedom once again and to pressure the French
government to take action on this case. <a
href="http://www.addameer.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=315&qid=700039"
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French president Emanuel Macron and European officials demanding
them to act now. </p>
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