Thursday, August 26, 2010

Six families celebrate release of sons from prison


Majdi Mizher is welcomed by his relatives in Bethlehem after his release from an
Israeli jail on February 28, 2010. Mizher was released after he completed a
four-year sentence. Israeli authorities freed 12 Palestinians after they completed
their prison terms. [MaanImages/Haytham Othman]

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) -- Detainees Centers across the West Bank celebrated the release of six Palestinian men from Israeli prisons last week, following the end of their prison terms.

The six were identified as:

Muhammad Abdul Majeed Al-Ashkar, 31, from Hebron, who spent one year in detention.

Muhammad Abdul Rahim Abu Amsha, 26, from Zuwata village near Nablus, was released after seven years in detention.

Hamam Muhammad Saed, 23, from Bethlehem, was released after four years in detention.

Ziyad Wasfi Saleh Samara, 25, spent six years in detention. He was a university student when he was detained.

Amjad Abdul Qader, 28, from Dura village south of Hebron, was released after four years of detention.

Jibril Awad, 19, from Ramallah was released after 7 months in detention.