Malaysian
Organizations Call for Urgent International Action to Save Palestinian
Prisoners and Hold Occupation Accountable
Kuala Lumpur – Dozens of human
rights and humanitarian organizations in Malaysia have called for decisive
international action to rescue thousands of Palestinian prisoners held in
Israeli jails and to hold Israel accountable for systematic abduction and torture
against the Palestinian people.
The call came during a
solidarity rally held yesterday, Saturday, at the Kuala Lumpur Towers Park,
commemorating the International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian Prisoners.
Participants urged the international community to assume responsibility for the
grave violations faced by prisoners under inhumane conditions.
Tian Chua, Secretary-General of
the Secretariat for Solidarity with Palestine, stated that this initiative is
part of a growing global movement spanning several continents to confront
aggression, occupation, killings, and abductions. He emphasized that governments
are not doing enough to protect Palestinian human rights, particularly the
rights of prisoners.
Meanwhile, gynecologist Dr.
Fauzia Hassan stressed that silence or complicity in the face of an
extermination war constitutes participation in it. She called on peoples and
governments to reject policies that perpetuate occupation under the guise of
peace and to adopt strategies aimed at liberating oppressed populations,
foremost among them the Palestinian people.
During the rally, Dr. Fauzia
wore attire resembling the uniforms of Palestinian prisoners, symbolically
reflecting her own past experience in Israeli detention following her arrest
while participating in the Freedom Flotilla to break the Gaza blockade. She is
the founder of the charitable initiative “From Rose to Rose” and a board member
of the global “My Care” Foundation.
Zureida Qarnain, Chairwoman of
the Malaysian Women’s Organizations Alliance for Jerusalem and Palestine,
expressed deep concern over the plight of Palestinian women, highlighting
shocking cases of occupation practices, including a female prisoner who gave
birth in solitary confinement without any medical or psychological care.
Zureida affirmed that growing
public solidarity and global awareness of occupation crimes offer a glimmer of
hope. She stressed the need for combined popular and governmental efforts to
rescue Palestinian women and free prisoners, describing these as fundamental
human rights. She also called for intensified international actions, global
demonstrations, and condemnation of the occupation in various forums.
Malaysian activist Maitraya
Mutharalingam described the situation in Palestine as exposing the hypocrisy of
Western human rights discourse, emphasizing that the occupation misleads the
world by labeling kidnapped Palestinians as prisoners, while in reality they
are victims and freedom fighters. He criticized the inability of international
institutions to halt acts of extermination and predicted increasing isolation
for Israel and its allies.
Concluding the event, Tian Chua
asserted that Zionism entrenches a culture of violence within Israeli society,
calling for breaking this culture and fostering awareness based on true justice
and peace.
(Source: Al Jazeera)
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