Two Palestinian prisoners launch appeal to save lives

Tuesday August 21, 2007 13:02 by Nisreen Qumsieh - IMEMC News

Amjad Abbadi and Mohammad Samara, two Palestinian prisoners from the northern West Bank city of Jenin, launched an appeal on Wednesday to International Human Rights organization to intervene with the Israeli authorities to help save their lives.

Thaer Abu Baker, member in the Directorate of Palestinian Prisoners Affairs in Jenin, reported that Abbadi is suffering from a serious bladder infection in the Jalbou'a detention center that threatens his life and causes him dreadful pain.

He has a bladder infection, leaving him under a dreadful pain. He appealed for several related sides to help saving his life but with no response.

The other imprisoned Palestinian, Samara, has spent three years in Israeli detention and is currently held in isolation in the Damoon detention center. The man is facing serious back and leg pains.

Both men have pleaded their case to the relevant authorities and organizations but have, so far, met with no success.

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