Palestinian detainee dies after 25 years in Israeli prisons

A Palestinian detainee died in Israeli custody on Sunday after 25 years in prison, prisoner advocacy groups said, Anadolu reports. Imad Rajih Sarhan, 47, breathed his last at Gilboa Prison in northern Israel, with Israeli authorities blaming a heart attack for his death, the Palestinian Commission of Detainee’s Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoner Society said in a joint statement. Israeli authorities, however, did not provide further details about the circumstances of his death or his health condition before his demise. Sarhan, from Haifa city in northern Israel, has been serving a life sentence in prison since Oct. 15, 2001. “In his first years in prison, Sarhan was subjected to harsh and lengthy interrogations and systematic torture methods, which left serious […]