Extending the arrest of Jerusalemites and the release of two others
The Israeli police extended the arrest of 16-year old Sameh Rashid Ayesh from the neighbourhood of Ras Khamees in Shu’fat refugee camp in order to present him to court on Thursday on charges of assaulting Israeli settlers; note that he was arrested on Wednesday evening and his father was not allowed to attend the interrogation. In a related matter, Mohammad Mahmoud, Al-Dameer organization lawyer, said that the Magistrate court judge decided to release Shadi Labban with a bail of 5000 NIS and house arrest and isolation from his home in the Old City of Jerusalem until completing the legal procedures against him; note that the general prosecution requested to freeze the decision to release him in order to appeal it but then changed its mind in the evening. He added that the lawyer decided to also release Mohammad Shawish with the above mentioned conditions and the general prosecution requested to freeze the decision until Thursday morning. The Prisoner’s Club lawyer, Mufeed Al-Hajj, said that the District court declined the appeal submitted by the general prosecution against his client, Tarek Fakhouri, and ordered to proceed with the judge’s decision to release him with a financial bail and house arrest with allowing him to go to school if accompanied by one of his parents; note that he was arrested on 18/12/2013 on charges of throwing stones in Al-Aqsa.
