Published : 08-12-2018
Palestinian refugee from Syria Mootaz Mohammad Fayad announced his decision to go on an open-ended hunger strike as of December 5, protesting his arbitrary detention in Turkish jails for over 50 days.
His wife said the Turkish police raided their home in Antakya a couple of years ago and searched it on suspicions that he had received a phone call from an ISIS member. He was arrested and subjected to questioning. Soon after, the Turkish police release him and apologized to him after they found out that the allegations were counterfeit.
Two years later, the Israeli police summoned Mootaz to questioning on October 17, 2018. He was arrested right as he turned himself in for interrogation.
A lawyer appointed by the wife managed to cancel the deportation order and appealed against the detention of Mootaz without clear charges.
In a letter to his wife and four children, Mootaz said that he has run out of patience and that he misses them to death, adding that he will keep up his hunger strike until the Turkish authorities end his groundless incarceration.
His wife appealed to all concerned human rights institutions, political factions, and the Palestine Embassy to take urgent action in order to pressurize the Turkish authorities to release her husband before it is too late.
Palestinian refugee from Syria Mootaz Mohammad Fayad announced his decision to go on an open-ended hunger strike as of December 5, protesting his arbitrary detention in Turkish jails for over 50 days.
His wife said the Turkish police raided their home in Antakya a couple of years ago and searched it on suspicions that he had received a phone call from an ISIS member. He was arrested and subjected to questioning. Soon after, the Turkish police release him and apologized to him after they found out that the allegations were counterfeit.
Two years later, the Israeli police summoned Mootaz to questioning on October 17, 2018. He was arrested right as he turned himself in for interrogation.
A lawyer appointed by the wife managed to cancel the deportation order and appealed against the detention of Mootaz without clear charges.
In a letter to his wife and four children, Mootaz said that he has run out of patience and that he misses them to death, adding that he will keep up his hunger strike until the Turkish authorities end his groundless incarceration.
His wife appealed to all concerned human rights institutions, political factions, and the Palestine Embassy to take urgent action in order to pressurize the Turkish authorities to release her husband before it is too late.
