TULKAREM (PIC)– The Israeli Occupation Authorities (IOA) released on Sunday the former Palestinian prisoner prisoners’ rights advocate and journalist Bushra al-Tawil after being detained for ten months behind Israeli bars.
Bushra who was detained several months ago in total violation of Wafa al-Ahrar (Shalit) swap deal as she was liberated during the exchange deal in 2011 was released at Jabara checkpoint in Tulkarem.
Shortly after her release Bushra delivered the Palestinian female prisoners’ cry for help letter denying some media reports about the isolation of five female prisoners.
Bushra 20 was arrested on July 1 from her home in el-Bireh in the West Bank. She is one of over 600 Palestinians rounded up in mass raids and arrests by Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank in mid-June 2014.
She was first arrested at the age of 17 when she was held in administrative detention without charge or trial until her release in December 2011 as part of the Wafa al-Ahrar prisoner exchange deal.
After her re-arrest Israeli authorities re-imposed her previous 18-month sentence in total violation of the exchange deal terms.
Bushra is the spokesperson of the Aneen Al-Qaid Media Network a local news agency specialized in covering news about the Palestinian detainees and political prisoners.
