The District court acquits a child from Al-Tur and decided to immediately release him…and extending the arrest of eight Jerusalemites
The District court judge decided on Tuesday to acquit the 16-year old Mahmoud Hadreh from the charges against him after being detained for 6 months. Al-Dameer organization lawyer, Mohammad Mahmoud, explained that the prosecution accused his client Hadreh of “possession of weapons and using them against police forces”. The contradiction between the testimonies of the Musta’ribeen (undercover police) on the 20th of last July and their testimonies in Tuesday’s session were obvious to the judge. The lawyer added that judge decided to immediately release the child Mahmoud without any conditions after hearing the testimonies and the lawyer’s pleading. Extension of arrest… In a related matter, the Magistrate judge extended the arrest of Mohammad Tufaha and Mohammad Mughrabi until Thursday, and Naeem Hadreh until Friday. He also extended the arrest of the 20-year old Salem Harbi Abbasi and the 21-year old Ali Ahmad Abbasi until Sunday; note that they were arrested at 2 a.m. Wednesday. Releases… The police decided on Wednesday to release the 17-year old Faisal Abulhawa and the child Mohammad Afif Abulhawa without any conditions. Lawyer Mahmoud added that the District judge refused on Wednesday the appeal submitted by the Israeli prosecution against the Magistrate court’s decision to release Adham Abu Nijmeh and the District judge approved the release of Abu Nijmeh under the same conditions issued by the Magistrate judge (Open house arrest until completing the legal procedures against him and a 3-thousand NIS bail). The head of Prisoner’s Club in Jerusalem, Naser Qos, said that the Magistrate court extended the arrest of Jihad Qos, Mahmoud Abdellatif and Rawhi Qreisli until next Sunday. The arrest of Salem Harbi Abbasi… Salem’s mother explained in a phone call with Wadi Hilweh Information Center that Israeli masked forces raided their house at 2 a.m. on Wednesday after completely surrounding the house; the forces blew up the front door before even knocking. She added: “the forces searched the house and detained the family members and prevented us from moving. They checked the ID of Salem and arrested him after throwing him to the ground.” She continued: “the forces searched the surroundings of the house and the family’s car and prevented us from leaving the house until 4 a.m.; they stayed one hour inside the house.”
