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Student activist sentenced to 12 months in Israeli jail

Tuesday 9-January-2018

An Israeli court on Tuesday sentenced the student activist Ahmed al-Ayesh to a twelve-month prison-term and a fine.

Ahmed al-Ayesh former head of the Student Council at Birzeit University received a 12-month sentence and a bail of 2000 shekels.

Al-Ayesh served as the head of Brizeit’s Student Council during the academic year 2016/17. He has spent several months in Israeli jails in several earlier arrests.

Al-Ayesh was kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces from a student hall in October 2017.

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