Amnesty International urges Israel to return body of ailing Palestinian who died in custody

The Palestinian Prisoners Society said Walid Daqqa was the 14th Palestinian political prisoner to die in Israeli custody over the past six months as a result of Israeli practices that include torture and medical neglect. — Reuters picJERUSALEM, April 9 — Amnesty International on Monday said Israel must release the body of Palestinian Walid Daqqa , who died a day earlier in Israeli custody after a long battle with cancer.

“Israeli authorities must now return Walid Daqqah’s body to his family without delay so that they could give him a peaceful and dignified burial and allow them to mourn his death without intimidation,” Guevara-Rosas added.A spokesperson for the Israel Prison Service did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The IPS has previously said that all prisoners in its custody are detained “according to the provisions of the law”.

The 62-year-old Palestinian citizen of Israel is survived by his wife, Sanaa Salameh, and 4-year-old daughter Milad, who was conceived using Daqqa’s smuggled sperm after Israeli authorities denied him conjugal visits, Salameh has said.Daqqa was due to be released last year after completing a 37-year sentence but a court ruling extended his jail term by two more years over accusations he provided mobile phones to other prisoners, the Palestinian Prisoners Society said.

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