It was already illegal and immoral to interrogate, torture, and imprison 13-year-old Ahmad Manasra.
Now, to declare his case "terrorism" — as he fights to get medical attention for severe PTSD — only adds to the absurd cruelty and injustice Ahmad has endured.
#FreeAhmadManasra
Now, to declare his case "terrorism" — as he fights to get medical attention for severe PTSD — only adds to the absurd cruelty and injustice Ahmad has endured.
#FreeAhmadManasra
https://twitter.com/uspcn/status/1539578942977359873
In 2015, at the age of 13, Israeli forces raided Ahmad’s Jerusalem neighborhood. Ahmad witnessed them shoot and kill his cousin before being run over by an Israeli car. Video showed Ahmad laying in a pool of his own blood while Israeli settlers shouted, “Die, son of a bitch!”
Israeli forces detained Ahmad and accused him of attacking settlers. Leaked interrogation video shows Israeli police psychologically torturing the child and denying his requests for medical treatment to force a confession out of him.
Though he was barely a teenager, Israel treated Ahmad as an adult. It prevented him from having a guardian present at interrogations, wrongfully convicted him of a capital offense in military court, and sentenced him to 12 years in prison — nearly as long as he'd been alive.
Meanwhile, Israeli settlers attack Palestinians without consequence — from those who cursed at Ahmad while he nearly bled to death on the street, to those beating and brutalizing Palestinians today.
We stand with Ahmad and his family as he fights for his freedom and for proper medical attention for the severe PTSD he has as a result of his abuse by Israeli authorities and his time in prison.
This baseless "terrorism" charge is meant to impede his struggle — but it won't.
This baseless "terrorism" charge is meant to impede his struggle — but it won't.
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