Israel releases 60-year-old Palestinian after 13 months in prison

Published yesterday (updated) 17/09/2009 13:04

 

[MaanImages Archive]

Hebron – Ma’an – Israeli forces released 60-year-old Ahmad Al-Keek after the ailing Palestinian spent 13 months in administrative detention. He was held without charge and released on Wednesday.

When faced with a fourth extension of his illegal detention, Al-Keek sought an appeal and won in the Israeli courts. The man suffers from a heart condition and spent several months in the Ar-Ramla prison hospital, but has received no surgeries or effective treatments.

Israeli forces seized Al-Keek from his home in the village of Dura south of the West Bank city of Hebron on 17 August 2008.