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Israel’s Lod District Court refused to release sick Palestinian prisoner Walid Daqqa despite his serious health condition and despite the fact he has served the sentence handed to him, Al-Quds Al-Arabi reported yesterday.
Daqqa has been in prison since 1986. He is suffering from a rare type of cancer and has had his repeated requests for parole denied.
He completed his 37-year prison term on 24 March, but the Israeli occupation authorities added two years to his term in 2018 over claims he helped other prisoners make phone calls to their families.
Daqqa’s family said his continued incarceration is a death sentence.
READ: Paralysed Palestinian prisoner at brink of death in Israel’s jails, rights groups warn
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