Lawyers for Justice

Noor Yasin

The trade union activist Nour Yassin was arrested by the Preventive Security Service in Nablus on 20/1/2020, where he was presented to the Public Prosecution in Nablus on 01/21/2020 and his detention was extended for 22/1/2020 for the purposes of hiring a lawyer, on the following day 22 / 1/2020 Nour was presented to the Public Prosecutor who investigated him on the charge of collecting and receiving funds from illegal associations, which is a political charge that the Public Prosecution used to direct to activists and political detainees. Nour, in turn, denied the charge and said (that his investigation with the Preventive Security Service revolves around his union activity as a representative of the Islamic Bloc at An-Najah National University). It is reported that Nour raised allegations of torture on multiple sites of his body, and the Public Prosecutor noted: (The accused limped on his right leg and asked (Nour) about the reason for that, he replied that he was beaten, rescinded, during interrogation). The next day, Nour was presented to the Nablus Magistrate Court, which extended his detention for four days at the request of the Public Prosecution, and then he was presented on the specified day after four days to the Nablus Magistrate Court, and his detention was extended for another five days. On Thursday 30/1/2020  , the Magistrate’s Court decided to release Yassin on bail of a thousand Jordanian dinars.

Muhanad Nasr

On 6/1/2020 Lawyers for Justice pursued the case of the political detainee Muhanad Nasr in front of the Public Prosecution Brigades in Ramallah, where he was interrogated on charges of collecting and receiving funds from illegal associations, a political charge that the Public Prosecution with respect to direct to political detainees. The effects of the political detainee Muhannad Nasr before the Public Prosecution in the presence of a representative of lawyers for justice, the lawyer Muhannad Karajeh, allegations of torture. Poor conditions of detention that he lives from the beginning of his detention on 5/1/2020, where he is placed suspicious in a small cell measuring 30 * 30 cm. Lawyers for justice the allegations raised by the detainee with the General Intelligence Service in Ramallah are considered a crime accountable by law, and in violation of the treaties and agreements signed by the State of Palestine. Lawyers for Justice considers this statement as a communication of the compassion of the Attorney General for the release of the detainee Muhannad Nasr and for the investigation of the allegations that have raised it.

Hamza Dar Abu Rabee

Lawyers for Justice expresses its deep concern at allegations of torture and miss-treatment received by the Political Intelligence Detainee in Ramallah, Hamza Dar Abu Rabee (20 years old), who is a resident of the Western Farm in Ramallah. In details, the General Intelligence Service arrested the young man, Abu Rabi`, from his workplace in a restaurant in the city of Al-Bireh on Sunday, December 22nd, knowing that Abu Rabi` is one of the wounded and is listed on the list of the wounded of the uprising, and he suffers from several diseases. On the day after his arrest, Monday, December 23, Hamza Dar Abu Rabi ‘was presented to the Public Prosecution office in Ramallah, and by him the office of “Lawyers for Justice”, where Hamza raised before the Public Prosecutor allegations of torture and miss-treatment, as he said by hanging his hands on the wall. And prevented him from taking a shower, as he suffers from a skin disease that necessitates his daily bathing, and his medications were only available on Monday evening, December 23, after his father was allowed to enter with his medication. In the context of the allegation of miss-treatment, Hamza said that he was threatened with placing a wet pouch in his mouth, and was also threatened with further torture, as investigators told him, “what’s coming is the greatest,” according to his account before the prosecution. The prosecution had charged Dar Abu Rabei with the charge of collecting recipients of funds from illegal associations, but he told the Public Prosecutor in the presence of “Lawyers for Justice” that his investigation revolved around his political activity. On Tuesday, the Magistrate Court extended the detention of political detainee Hamza Dar Abu Rabi for 15 days at the request of the Public Prosecution. Lawyers for Justice considers this statement a communication to the Prosecutor General to open an investigation into the allegations of torture and miss-treatment reported by Dar Abu Rabi, in compliance with the international agreements and treaties related to torture and miss-treatment signed by the State of Palestine.