RESTRICTION SUMMARY: Al-Bireh - 26 September 2023. family of the sick prisoner Asif Al-Rifai celebrates his birthday during a protest in solidarity with prisones held in Israeli Jails in front of Red Cross Office in the West Bank city of Al-Bireh.

0.1 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Head of the Commission for Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners’ Affairs, Qaddoura Fares

STORYLINE:

The Prisoners' Club confirmed that the health condition of prisoner Asif Al-Rifai (21 years old) from the town of Kafr Ain/Ramallah, who suffers from cancer, is seriously deteriorating, compared to the previous period.

The Prisoner's Club said that prisoner Al-Rifai underwent surgery at the Israeli Assaf Harofeh Hospital, where he was transferred from the Ramla Prison Clinic, after a new tumor appeared in his urethra, which led to major damage to one of his kidneys.

In light of the dangerous development facing the prisoner Al-Rifai, the Prisoner’s Club called on all international human rights bodies to intervene immediately to release him, so that he can be among his family members. And to stop the crime that the occupation continues to carry out against him, especially since this deterioration came shortly after medical reports confirmed that there was no improvement in his health condition.

The Prisoners' Club held the occupation prison administration fully responsible for the fate of prisoner Al-Rifai, and all sick prisoners who face the crime of medical negligence (slow killing), around the clock.

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