5 April 2010 — Al Haq

AL-HAQ ACTION ALERT
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Ref.: LRAD-E010-ALE- 35/4

On 15 March 2010, Umar Mousa Muhammad Ala-al-Din, a 25 year old Palestinian student from the village of al-Masara, near Bethlehem, was taken by Israeli Border Police and detained for seven days, until 22 March 2010. Ala-al-Din is a member of the Popular Resistance Committee of al-Masara village and an organizer of non-violent protests against the Annexation Wall. Whilst in custody, Ala-al-Din was verbally and physically assaulted, causing serious injury and was denied necessary medical treatment. More

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Al-Haq is an independent Palestinian non-governmental human rights organisation based in Ramallah, West Bank. Established in 1979 to protect and promote human rights and the rule of law in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), the organisation has special consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council.