The Palestinian prisoner Nael Barghouthi 59 continues to be held in Israeli jails despite having served his prison sentence of 30 months the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said Saturday.
An appeal was submitted by the Israeli prosecution seeking to re-instate a previous life sentence on Barghouthi.
Barghouthi was first arrested in April 1978 and spent 34 years behind Israeli bars before being released as part of the Wafa al-Ahrar exchange deal.
In 2014 during an Israeli mass arrest campaign he was re-arrested by military order number 1651 along with dozens of ex-detainees in total violation of the prisoners swap deal.
Today he has spent over 36 years in Israeli prisons.
