Palestinian Media Assembly (PMA) warned of a systematic crime of physical liquidation of two Palestinian journalists: Sami al-Sa’ee who is detained in a Palestinian Authority (PA) jail and the hunger striker Mohammad al-Qiq who is held captive in an Israeli prison.
In a statement on Sunday the Assembly expressed concerns over the fate of both detainees. The wife of captive Sa’ee quoted his mother who has visited him lately as saying that Sa’ee might die at any moment as a result of the severe torture he is being subjected to in Jericho jail.
In a letter to his mother Sa’ee said “Prepare my funeral as you might hear the news of my death soon”. He does not feel his limbs any more he said because of being held in solitary confinement in the isolation cells naked and forced to sit in awkward positions for long hours.
Captive Sa’ee who works as a correspondent to al-Fajr al-Jadeed local TV in Tulkarem suffers from migraine as well as a neurological disease due to torture he was previously exposed to in Israeli jails.
The PA intelligence apparatus refuses to release Sa’ee on bail based on a court ruling that was issued on February 08 2017. It extended his detention order to 15 extra days.
The Assembly expressed as well its solidarity with detainee Mohammad al-Qiq who has been on hunger strike for 14 days in protest at the illegal administrative detention in Israeli jails.
Captive Qiq was detained one month ago after he was stopped by Israeli soldiers at Beit El military checkpoint north of al-Bireh town in Ramallah.
