Mauritanian Parliamentarians Protest Against Palestinian
Prisoners’ Death Penalty Law, Demand Accountability from the Occupation
Dozens
of parliamentarians in Mauritania held a protest on Wednesday evening in
Nouakchott, denouncing the approval by the Knesset of the occupation
authorities of a law imposing the death penalty on Palestinian prisoners.
Members of both the ruling party and the opposition participated in the
demonstration.
Participants
chanted slogans rejecting the law, while the head of the parliamentary group of
the ruling "Ennahda" Party, Mohamed El-Amin Oumar, stated that the
protest reflects a clear condemnation of the legislation, describing it as
embodying the "crimes of the occupation."
Similarly,
opposition MP Mohamed El-Amin Sidi Mouloud emphasized that Mauritanians, across
political affiliations, sent a unified message denouncing this measure.
In the
same context, 31 Mauritanian political parties issued a joint statement
condemning the law, describing it as a violation of human rights and the Geneva
Conventions, and calling on the international community, United Nations bodies,
and human rights organizations to take urgent action and hold the responsible
parties accountable.
The
Knesset had approved the controversial law on Monday, stipulating that the
death penalty be carried out by hanging, under strict restrictions on
visitations and communications, and allowing sentences to be issued by a
majority vote without requiring unanimity.
The law
faced domestic opposition as well, with some 1,200 Israeli figures—including
Nobel laureates, former military officials, and former Supreme Court
judges—describing it as a “moral stain.”
More
than 9,500 Palestinians, including children and women, are currently held in
the occupation’s prisons, reportedly subjected to torture, starvation, and
medical neglect, leading to the deaths of dozens.
Since
October 2023, the Zionist occupation has intensified its measures against
Palestinian prisoners, coinciding with the war on the Gaza Strip, which has
resulted in more than 72,000 martyrs and 172,000 injured, the majority being
children and women.
(Source: Anadolu Agency)
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