Nablus / PNN - At a loss for words, the family of released prisoner Mannar Jabareen cried with joy as they welcomed her back to the Haifa-area city of Umm Al Fahm.
She was released due to the efforts of the Center for the Study of Prisoners and Human Rights. Her sister says that Mannar’s release marked the happiest day of her life, and describes how she and her parents went to Hasharon Prison to receive Mannar after a military court ruling guaranteed her release. She had been held in Israeli custody since 30 June 2007.
The Center for the Study of Prisoners and Human Rights had been a beacon of hope for Mannar’s freedom, going to visit her and working long and hard to overthrow her three year sentence.
Twenty-seven year old Mannar has her bachelor’s degree in law was the only person from her city of Umm Al Fahm in Hasharon Prison.
Fouad Khafash from the Center for Prisoners’ Studies congratulated the Jabareen family and the people of the Umm Al Fahm on the release of their daughter. He said he wished to close the files of many more detainees currently being held in Israeli prisons.
He added that the prisoners from Palestine refuse to be beaten in their fight for justice, and that the political prisoner movement’s success depends on supporters not giving up in their struggle.
There are some 11,000 Palestinian and Arab political prisoners in Israeli prisons, including children and women.
