Palestinian Professor Issam Al-Ashqar released after health deterioration due to two years in Israeli occupation detention without charges

Palestinian Professor released after two years in detention

Monday February 25, 2008 23:27 by IMEMC Staff

The Israeli Authorities released professor Issam Al-Ashqar, 50, from the northern West Bank city of Nablus after two years in administrative detention without trial.

Professor Al-Ashqar was kidnapped by the army on March 2, 2006 and was transferred to an interrogation facility. Later on his health conditions had sharply deteriorated and was hospitalized at Al Ramla Prison Hospital which already lack the basic medical equipment.

He suffers from high blood pressure and other related health problems.

The Professor was imprisoned under administrative detention orders which were renewed five times without trial. He teaches at Al Najah National University in Nablus.

It is worth mentioning that his son Issam, 20, is currently under interrogation in Petah Tikva Israeli interrogation center.

Professor Al-Ashqar was born in Saida village, near the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem in 1958.

He obtained is B.A degree in physics from Al-Yarmouk university in Jordan in 1980, and then he obtained his M.A degree from the same university in 1982.

He taught at the University in the period between 1982 and 1984 and then he travelled to Ohio State in the USA in 1984 and obtained his PHD degree in Physics from Toledo University in 1990.

Israel releases 50-year-old professor after two-year administrative detention without charges

Date: 25 / 02 / 2008 Time: 14:50
Nablus – Ma'an –

Israel has released a 50-year-old college professor from the West Bank city of Nablus after imprisoning him for two years, Ma'an's reporter said

Isam Al-Ashqar, a lecturer at An-Najah National University was released on Monday after 24 months in administrative detention at Ramla prison. Though he was never charged nor tried for any crime, his detention was extended five times.

After suffering from high blood pressure, Al-Ashqar's health eventually collapsed. He was hospitalized while still in prison.

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