[ PIC 29/08/2013 – 09:53 AM ]
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JENIN, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) have informed the family of the missing citizen Ahmad Abu Arra, from Jenin, that their son is being held in Israeli jails after six months of denial during which the family lived in a state of anxiety.
Abu Arra, an officer with the PA security forces, had disappeared on February 28, after he went out of his house. His family searched for him throughout the West Bank villages and provinces in vain.
The family had contacted the Israeli authorities that denied his arrest.
Abu Arra’s brother accused the PA of neglect in performing their duty in searching for his brother.
Due the human rights organizations’ intervention, the Israeli authorities informed the family that their son was arrested six months ago, the brother added.
He pointed out that his brother managed to contact one of the prisoners in order to inform his family of his detention place. Thus, the Israeli authorities were forced to declare his detention in Megiddo prison.
The family made contacts with human rights groups to pressure the occupation authorities to allow family visits to their son.