Tuesday, June 02, 2009

UK Palestinian prisoner held without charge threatens suicide...

A Gaza-born Palestinian tells how he has been held a prisoner in the United Kingdom for many years without being charged or tried. 

In his second exclusive interview with Press TV, Mahmud Aburideh, who has been in the UK for 15 years -- spending time in prison and under house arrest -- threatens to commit suicide. 

In 2005 he was granted an Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) but could not leave the country because he does not have a passport and has been refused a proper UN travel document. 

“Since I am a Palestinian I don't have a country to return to,” he said. More...

See also:

  1. Freed Guantananmo prisoner sues U.S. for unlawful detention...
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  3. Literature is illegal in Palestine...
  4. Joseph, the fifteen-month-old Palestinian prisoner...

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