Salah Hamouri, a French-Palestinian human rights lawyer who had been detained in Israeli jails since March on suspicion of security violations without being charged, was expulsed from Israel on Sunday, and France denounced this action.
An AFP journalist reported that Hamouri landed in Paris on Sunday morning and was met at the Charles de Gaulle airport by his wife Elsa, lawmakers, NGO representatives, and fans.
“We condemn today the Israeli authorities’ decision, against the law, to expel Salah Hamouri to France,” the French foreign ministry said in a statement.
Israel’s interior ministry said earlier on Sunday Hamouri was deported “following Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked’s decision to withdraw his residency status.”
Hamouri, 37, had been held under a controversial practice known as administrative detention, which allows suspects to be detained for renewable periods of up to six months.
The supporters said Hamouri’s deportation from his birthplace by an “occupying power” was illegal.
The French foreign ministry said Paris had been “fully mobilized, including at the highest level of the state, to ensure Salah Hamouri’s rights are respected, that he benefits from all possible assistance and that he can lead a normal life in Jerusalem, where he was born, resides and wishes to live.”
An AFP journalist reported that Hamouri landed in Paris on Sunday morning and was met at the Charles de Gaulle airport by his wife Elsa, lawmakers, NGO representatives, and fans.
“We condemn today the Israeli authorities’ decision, against the law, to expel Salah Hamouri to France,” the French foreign ministry said in a statement.
Israel’s interior ministry said earlier on Sunday Hamouri was deported “following Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked’s decision to withdraw his residency status.”
Hamouri, 37, had been held under a controversial practice known as administrative detention, which allows suspects to be detained for renewable periods of up to six months.
The supporters said Hamouri’s deportation from his birthplace by an “occupying power” was illegal.
The French foreign ministry said Paris had been “fully mobilized, including at the highest level of the state, to ensure Salah Hamouri’s rights are respected, that he benefits from all possible assistance and that he can lead a normal life in Jerusalem, where he was born, resides and wishes to live.”
