The family of Usama Mafarjeh who has been held captive at the Palestinian Authority (PA) intelligence apparatus in Ramallah for 6 days affirmed that their son is being subjected to torture and ill-treatment.
He was tortured by tying him to a chair for long hours and depriving him of sleep regardless of being on hunger strike since he was arrested in protest at his illegal politically-motivated arrest the family highlighted.
The Mafarjeh family held PA President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Rami al-Hamdallah as well as Head of the PA intelligence apparatus Majed Faraj responsible for what is happening to their son in isolation cells and for anything wrong that might happen to him.
The family called on Palestinian factions human rights organizations along with key national figures to exert efforts for releasing captive Mafarjeh along with all political prisoners. They also asked the university administration to immediately intervene to save the life of Mafarjeh and to assume responsibility for its students.
Mafarjeh who is student at Birzeit University was arrested last Monday based on his university activities in serving students as the coordinator of the Islamic bloc the student wing of Hamas Movement. His arrest came after several failed previous attempts to arrest him by the PA security forces.
