The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) renewed the administrative detention of the cancer-stricken prisoner Abd al-Basit Maatan for six additional months for the third consecutive time.
Tuesday’s decision came despite the prisoner’s difficult health condition as he suffers from colon cancer.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) considered the decision as a new crime against Maatan in light of his critical health situation.
Maatan 50 was detained in July last year only three months after his last release from Israeli jails despite suffering from cancer.
Maatan’s wife Zubaida confirmed that her husband is facing slow death as the Israeli authorities refuse to provide him with adequate medical care.
He underwent several medical surgeries before his previous arrest during which a large part of the colon was removed. However the disease continued to spread.
Maatan a father of four children spent a total of ten years in Israeli prisons. He holds a master’s degree in democracy and human rights and was the Director General of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister in the tenth government.
1132 Palestinians including 18 children and three women are currently held under administrative detention in Israeli jails.
