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| Title | Jerusalem: former minister for Jerusalem Affairs and PLC member arrested |
| Publisher | UN News Service |
| Country | Occupied Palestinian Territory |
| Publication Date | 23 January 2012 |
| Cite as | UN News Service, Jerusalem: former minister for Jerusalem Affairs and PLC member arrested, 23 January 2012, available at: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4f1e94f12.html [accessed 4 June 2012] |
| Disclaimer | This is not a UNHCR publication. UNHCR is not responsible for, nor does it necessarily endorse, its content. Any views expressed are solely those of the author or publisher and do not necessarily reflect those of UNHCR, the United Nations or its Member States. |
Jerusalem: former minister for Jerusalem Affairs and PLC member arrested
Mohammed Totah, a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), and Khaled Abu Arafeh, the former minister for Jerusalem Affairs, were arrested today by the Israeli police inside the premises of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Jerusalem.
A family member of one of the two men present at the time of arrest was also arrested.
Together with Ahmed Attoun, a PLC member who was arrested in September 2011, Mr Abu Arafeh and Mr Totah had been staging a sit-in on the premises of the ICRC since 1 July 2010 to protest against a decision taken by the Israeli authorities to deport them.
Under international humanitarian law, East Jerusalem is an occupied territory, and its Palestinian residents are protected persons within the meaning of Article 4 of the Fourth Geneva Convention.
Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 prohibits Israel as an occupying Power, regardless of its motive, from forcibly transferring Palestinians.
Topics: Palestinian, Arbitrary arrest and detention,
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