A medical crime committed against a prisoner suffering from cancer during war

Ramallah - Ma'an - The Commission for the Affairs of Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners revealed, in its report issued today, Monday, according to the visit of its lawyer to the sick prisoner Ali Al-Haroub (50 years old), from the town of Dura/Hebron, who suffers from cancer and underwent mastectomy surgeries, and his medication was cut off. He was held captive for a month, which led to a worsening of his health condition, and the cancerous tumor moved to his right foot, pelvis, and bladder, where the detainee administration deliberately neglected him and did not provide him with the necessary and appropriate treatment. It is noteworthy that Al-Hroub, a father of 4 sons and 3 daughters, was arrested in June 2010 and sentenced to 25 years in prison. The Commission held the Israeli prison administration fully responsible for the continuing series of medical negligence against Palestinian detainees, and called on international and human rights organizations to play their necessary role towards the issue of detainees a nd break their silence. Source: Maan News Agency