Sate of Palestine Ministry of health Date: June 13, 2001 Three- Month Administrative Detention - Dr. Sami Al-Awartani The Israeli Supreme Court has decided to arrest Dr. Samir AlAwartani, executive director of Rafidia Hospital at Nablus, for three months as an administrative detention without a sentence. The Israeli Army broadcast mentioned yesterday that Dr. Awartani, 30 years old, was arrested at Alenby bridge border crossing between Jordan and the West Bank after finding out some exploding material signs over his hands and body. A spokesman of the British embassy in Israel declared that Dr. Awartani was on his way back to Palestine from a visit to Britain where he participated in a conference in Oxford funded by the British government. He added, "we expressed to the Israeli authorities our worry regarding Dr. Awartani's health and we appealed to the them to explain the reasons behind his arrest". It's worth mentioned that the "administrative detention" is imprisonment without a sentence for a period of three months that can be renewed to six months. Date: June 12, 2001 During a Conference for the World Health Organization, Held at Greece, Dr. Mohammed Sehwail, Director of Palestinian Center for Treating and Rehabilitating the Victims of Torture, said: "Most Palestinians Were Exposed to Israeli Aggressions" During a Conference for the World Health Organization, Held at Greece, Dr. Mohammed Sehwail, Director of Palestinian Center for Treating and Rehabilitating the Victims of Torture said: "Most the Palestinians Were Exposed to the Israeli Aggressions" Dr. Mohammed Sehwail, Palestinian director of the Center For Treating and Rehabilitating the Victims of Torture asserted that most the Palestinian people were exposed to the Israeli aggression whether directly or indirectly and that more than 50% of the Palestinians are in need of help and psychological support. This was included in a working paper which was entitled as "The Psychological Impacts Resulting from the Israeli Assault" and which Dr. Mohammed submitted during a conference for the World Health Organization, which was held at Greece under the title of "Psychological Health During the Consequent Disasters of Wars. Dr. Eyad A-Saraj, head of board of directories of Gaza Mental Health Program, submitted a working paper entitled as "Palestinian Perspective to the Political Reality" in which he called up the international public opinion for performing their responsibilities to protect the Palestinian people during the suffering they live. Dr. A-Saraj indicated that peace lies in ending the Israeli occupation. He also indicated the advantage of the Palestinian participation in the conference where the real conditions that the Palestinian people live has been conveyed. Several recommendations were issued in the conference; the most important of which were asserting the awareness of psychological health and supporting it, the highly relatedness of psychological health with peace and human rights, and asserting the essential role of the professionals who work in the field of psychological health in preventing human violations. The conference of the World Health Organization, which the Greek Ministry of Health hosted, was held with the participation of more than 90 representatives from all over the world. _________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki Phone +358-40-7177941 Fax +358-9-7591081 http://www.kominf.pp.fi General class struggle news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe mails to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geopolitical news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________
