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Friday, April 23, 2010

Palestinian Prisoner Beaten to Death

The Palestinian Authority's (PA) Minister of Prisoners Affairs, Issa Qaraqi, holds Israel responsible for the death of Raed Abu Hammad, 27, who was in an Israeli jail for 18 months.

Hammad was reportedly beaten by Israeli prison guards to death. He was found dead in his solitary confinement cell. Qaraqi said on Thursday that the cause of death was from "a blow to the lower spinal cord with a direct hit."

The minister added that based on reports he had received, the detainee had been kicked strongly in the lower back.'

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