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Wednesday, October 16, 2019
Jordan calls on Israel to release jailed woman on hunger strike
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleJordan is calling on Israel to release a Jordanian woman detained for over a month without trial on security charges.
Heba al-Labadi’s attorney said Wednesday that she was arrested August 20 at the Allenby Bridge crossing between Jordan and the Israeli-controlled West Bank and has been on a hunger strike since September 26.
Al-Labadi, 32, who is of Palestinian descent, is being held in “administrative detention,” an Israeli policy that permits detaining people for months without formal charges.
The Shin Bet internal security agency says she is detained “because of suspicion of her involvement in serious security violations,” without elaborating.
Jordan’s Foreign Ministry says the hunger strike “makes the need for her immediate release more urgent.”
— with AP
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