Hundreds of thousands of people from around the world have signed an online petition demanding the release of Ahed Tamimi a 16-year-old Palestinian girl from Nabi Saleh village and all children from Israeli jails.
The signature campaign was organized by Avaaz an activist web movement which recently published a petition on its website demanding freedom for Ahed.
The number of petitioners has reached over 130000 people and the campaign is aimed to collect signatures from 250000 people.
According to Avaaz the petition is an open letter targeting all world leaders and states the following:
“We (the petitioners) demand that Ahed and all Palestinian children are released from Israeli prisons now.
The international community must put an end to the ill-treatment and detention of Palestinian children. Enough is enough.
To Ahed and all the children in Israeli jails: We stand by your side and are holding you in our hearts. We will not give up until you are free. You are not alone.”
Ahed Tamimi 16 was recently arrested by Israeli soldiers in the middle of the night. Since she was a young child she has been active in weekly demonstrations against Israel’s theft of her family’s land in Nabi Saleh village.
Israeli soldiers had shot Ahed Tamimi’s relative in the head leaving the teenage boy in a coma and then invaded her family home. She demanded that the Israeli soldiers leave her family’s property immediately shouting “don’t touch me” and “leave.” Now she is in Israeli military detention where 75 percent of Palestinian children report assault by jailers.
To participate in the petition click on the following link
https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/ar/free_ahed/?chMJFmb
