THREAD: Israeli forces arrest Palestinian university student
Israeli occupation forces stormed Layan Nasir’s family home and arrested her on July 7, in the Palestinian village of Birzeit, in the Occupied West Bank.
Israeli occupation forces stormed Layan Nasir’s family home and arrested her on July 7, in the Palestinian village of Birzeit, in the Occupied West Bank.
Layan has been held in an Israeli prison for 45 days. She is a student of Birzeit University, and is accused of being a member of the Democratic Progressive Student Pole, a left-bloc student organization.
The Democratic Progressive Student Pole is one of over 400 Palestinian groups that are deemed unlawful by the Israeli Defense Ministry.
Layan’s charge sheet mentions her walking around the university discussing politics, organizing a hike for her friends and classmates, and visiting students recently released from prison. These normal student activities are criminalized by the Israeli occupation.
Layan awaits her trial from Damon Prison, where she was charged with violating Israeli military orders that criminalize student activism.
Israeli forces routinely raid Birzeit University, and systematically target and arrest Palestinian students. This is part of a wider campaign carried out to intimidate Palestinian youth, and suppress Palestinian mobilization on campuses
Palestinian students and universities have historically contributed to the mass-mobilization of Palestinian society and in garnering international support and solidarity.
On August 17th, Layan’s hearing to grant bail was denied on the basis that her activism and outdoor hikes she attended were deemed, falsely, a “threat.”
Palestinians should be able exercise their right to organize and demand their basic rights, the end to Israel’s violent occupation and attacks on the youth and all Palestinian civilians.
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