The body of Palestinian prisoner Faris Baroud who died last week in Israeli jails will be sent on Tuesday morning to the Abu Kabir Forensic Institute in Israel to undergo autopsy a prisoner’s committee said Monday.
Faris Baroud a 51-year-old originally from the Gaza Strip died on Wednesday in Israel’s Rimon prison.
One day later the Prisoners’ Affairs Committee submitted a demand to the Israeli Central Court in Beersheba for the autopsy.
Baroud suffered from a number of health conditions and has repeatedly spoken about medical neglect and denial of needed health treatment to Palestinian prisoners.
Israeli authorities have been criticized for allowing Baroud to die while incarcerated without allowing him potentially life-saving medical care.
