France asked for " clarification " Thursday on the reasons for the arrest of the Franco-Palestinian lawyer Salah Hamouri and declared to do everything possible with the Israeli authorities so that his situation is " resolved as soon as possible ".
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" We learned of the arrest and detention of our compatriot Mr. Salah Hamouri on Tuesday June 30 in Jerusalem, less than two years after his release, which we had worked hard for ," said the ministry spokeswoman. French for Foreign Affairs. The lawyer was detained from August 2017 to October 2018. The charges against him were then kept confidential as is generally the case for administrative detentions.
The administrative detention regime, much criticized by human rights defenders, allows Israel to deprive people of their liberty for several months renewable indefinitely without notifying them of the reasons. " The Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs and its diplomatic and consular network are seeking clarification on the reasons for his arrest, maintain close contact with Mr. Hamouri's entourage and are fully mobilized with the authorities Israeli authorities to resolve the situation of Mr. Hamouri and his wife as soon as possible, "the spokeswoman continued.
" France demands that all of Mr. Salah Hamouri's rights be respected, " she said, citing the consular protection provided for by the 1963 Vienna Convention. Born in Jerusalem to a French mother and a Palestinian father, Salah Hamouri had already been imprisoned between 2005 and 2011, an Israeli court having found him guilty of the assassination of Rabbi Ovadia Yossef, the spiritual leader and founder of the ultra-Orthodox Shass party, who died in 2013.