Thursday, September 19, 2013

Press Release: UFree Network denounces the Egyptian military courts sentences against Palestinian fishermen

Oslo | UFree Network Media Centre 



UFree Network strongly condemns the Egyptian military court sentences against Palestinian fishermen who were given a one-year prison sentence and a penalty fine for fishing in Egyptian waters near the Gaza Strip.

The five Palestinian fishermen were arrested by the Egyptian sea border 
police on 30th of August claiming they broke through the sea borders with Egypt. 

UFree Chairman, Mohammad Hamdan, considered the Egyptian military sentences as a serious precedent action against Palestinian civilians which reminded us of the brutal Israeli practices especially that the courts were held in illegal and mysterious conditions.

The Oslo based Network called for the immediate release of the five fishermen and all Palestinian detainees in Egyptian jails who were arrested without legal justification. UFree Network also called on Egyptian authorities to stop targeting Palestinians in Egypt and to put an end to the escalated incitement against them.

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