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IOA denies 57-year-old detainee right to family visits for 15 years

Wednesday 14-December-2016

The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) has been denying the Palestinian detainee Faris Baroud 57 the right to family visits for over 15 years in Israeli jails a rights group said Wednesday.

According to the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) prisoner Baroud arrested in 1991 has been serving a life-sentence and 35 years in Israeli jails.

PPS lawyer who visited Baroud in the Ramon lock-up said the detainee was finally transferred from an isolated cell where he had been incarcerated for four years under the security pretext.

A native of the blockaded Gaza Strip prisoner Baroud suffers critical health disorders most notably asthma and stomachaches.

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