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On March 29, an Arab Association for Human Rights (HRA) press release headlined, "Administrative Detention Must Stop: Freedom for Prisoner Hana Shalabi," saying:
HRA "condemns the continual use of administrative detention against Palestinian political leaders and reminds that such policy constitutes a form of arbitrary detention devoid of the most basic standards of due process of law. The HRA is particularly concerned about the health conditions of Prisoner Hana Shalabi...."
HRA demanded international community help to free her and other Palestinians lawlessly held. International law supports them. So should world leaders and everyone.
Hana's lawyer, Jawad Boulos, heads the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) Legal Unit. PPS appealed to Israel's High Court for Hana's release. Boulos said all legal means will be used on her behalf.
Rarely ever does Israel's Supreme Court overrule a lower court decision affecting Palestinians. Expect little or no redress this time.
Palestinians are on their own to survive. Even those lawlessly condemned to die aren't helped. It shows Israeli and Western contempt for human rights and life.
Their imperial wars alone show it. Political prisoners fill their prisons. America and Israel especially defile principles they claim to support.
They don't now, never did, and won't ever unless mass outrage in both countries and other Western ones sustains struggles for systemic change. It's their only chance.
Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago and can be reached at Email address removed .
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