Just hours ago, the Israeli Prison Authority requested that the Beer Sheba District Court extend the solitary confinement of Ahmad Manasra for another six months. The Court has until noon on Wednesday, May 18th to decide upon this request. Congress must act and demand that Ahmad Manasra be immediately released.
Send your email, then please call your elected officials. Use the script below.
There is a glimmer of hope: On April 13th 2022, Israel's Beersheva district court accepted Ahmad Manasra’s appeal and determined that the Special Committee on Parole was wrong to decide his status in absentia.
The Special Committee on Parole will meet with Ahmad and his attorney on June 19th to decide whether the offense attributed to Ahmad was an offense of terrorism
If this charge is removed, he will no longer be held as an adult. At last, the court will apply legal standards pertaining to children. They will be able to consider the psychology of children and Ahmad in particular.
Thank you for your concern. If you’re not in the U.S., call your own elected officials to ask them to call the Israeli Embassy and your Foreign Ministry too.
We’ve got to do this. Ahmad Manasra needs to go home.
Sincerely,
Palestine-Global Mental Health Network
#FreeAhmadManasra #Unchilding
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Call Congress – here is a script you can use. If you reach a person, ask to speak with Senior Staff for Foriegn Policy. Here’s what to say in your message:
> My name is __ and I live at __. I am your constituent. I ask you to make two calls on my behalf today to free a Palestinian boy, Ahmad Manasra, from prison and put an immediate halt to solitary confinement
> My request is especially time-sensitive because on Tuesday, May 17th, the Israeli Prison Authority is seeking to extend the solitary confinement of Ahmed Manasra for another six months. Please help now, TODAY, because the Court only has until noon on Wednesday, May 18th to decide.
> (1) Please call the Israeli Embassy to urge them to
- stop the solitary confinement of Ahmad Manasra especially because he is diagnosed with mental illness, the result of seven years of prison and long periods of solitary confinement.
- Ask the Israeli Embassy to apply the rule of law that pertains to children because he was only 13 when arrested, and
- most importantly, release Ahmad Manasra to the care of his family and doctors
>(2) Call the U.S. State Department to urge them to press for the immediate release of Ahmad Manasra.
Will you make these 2 calls TODAY? My phone number is _____________. Please let me know what you learn.