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UN Chief Calls for Israel’s Release of Palestinian Political Prisoners
Published on March 8, 2011
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday called for the release of the thousands of Palestinian political prisoners detained by Israel, saying the release is conducive to the efforts to seek a just and lasting peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians.
“Such a release would serve as a significant confidence- building measure,” Ban said in a message to the United Nations International Meeting on the Question of Palestine that opened in Vienna, Austria, adding the world body will continue to raise the issue with the Israeli leadership.
The secretary-general visited the occupied Palestinian territory and Israel a year ago, he had expressed concerns about the Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli detention facilities, and publicly urged Israel to release prisoners as called for by the Palestinian Authority.
Nearly 100 representatives of governments, parliaments, intergovernmental organizations, lawyers, civil society and UN agencies are taking part in the two-day meeting, whose theme is ” The urgency of addressing the plight of Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli prisons and detention facilities,” UN officials said here.
Ban’s message was delivered in Vienna by Maxwell Gaylard, the deputy UN special coordinator for the Middle East peace process and UN resident and humanitarian coordinator for the occupied Palestinian territory, said the officials.
The secretary-general said the UN continues to follow closely the well-being of those in detention, including some 200 minors and 200 individuals held in administrative detention without trial.
He also noted with concern that elected Palestinian representatives have been detained by Israel, and that even after their release, three from East Jerusalem are under threat of forcible transfer and are residing at the Red Cross premises, while another has been deported to Ramallah.
“The United Nations opposes measures of forcible transfer and remains engaged on this issue, which has broader implications for the human rights of Palestinian East Jerusalemites,” he stated. Enditem
