PFLP calls for an end to security coordination, political arrests 

 

NABLUS, (PIC)-- The senior leader in the Popular Front for the Palestinian Liberation (PFLP) Zaher  Shishtri called for the implementation of the PLO Central Council’s decisions to stop security coordination with the occupation, halting political detention policy, and establishing a democratic society.

Shishtri strongly condemned PA security forces spokesperson’s recent statements in which he claimed that Palestinian security services never arrest any Palestinian for his political affiliation.

He stressed the urgent need to criminalize political arrest policy in West Bank and to immediately put an end to the continued arrests and summons over political affiliation.

"Establishing a democratic society based on freedoms and away from political arrests would only guarantee a strong national unity that ends internal division and faces Israeli violations," he said.

Meanwhile, the political detainee Islam Hamed, 30, continues his hunger strike for 27 days running protesting against his continued detention in PA jails despite a court’s decision that ordered his release two years ago.

Dozens of West Bankers are currently held in PA jails for their affiliation to a political party or point of view.