PLC condemns Israel's extended detention of lawmakers

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Date: 25 / 05 / 2008 Time: 11:47

Nablus – Ma'an – The Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) condemned on Sunday an Israeli court's decision to extend detention of several Palestinian lawmakers from the northern West Bank.

Israeli court of Salem has decided to postpone the trial of four lawmakers to 3 June on the pretext that prosecution did not manage to bring witnesses to the hearing.

The PLC said in a statement, "We consider these trials nothing more than Israeli theater. This is an attempt to humiliate representatives of the Palestinian people."

The statement also held the Israeli occupation responsible for the safety of imprisoned Palestinian legislators, in light of reports that many of the lawmakers are suffering health problems due to conditions in Israel's prisons.

Israel holds dozens of members of the PLC in its prisons. Many of them were captured in the summer of 2006.

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