- Mohammad Abu Salha was arrested on December 14 without charge or trial law
- The Israeli military kept isolated since then in detention centers in West Bank
- In 72 hours, the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) formalized the administrative detention order
Santiago de Compostela, 23 December 2015. On yesterday, December 22, 2015, the Military Court of Salem, in the occupied West Bank, approved the administrative detention of Palestinian artist and friend Mohammed AbuSakha, 23, and clown Palestinian Circus School professor and Festiclown artivista in Palestine. The order of administrative detention, a practice that violates human rights by detaining people indefinitely without charge or trial, will take effect 72 hours after approval by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF). Since Pallasos in Rebellion express our profound rejection of this illegal and arbitrary detention and demand the immediate revocation of the detention of Mohammed AbuSakha by Israel.
The arrest took place on Monday December 14 at Zaatara checkpoint on his way to his family home in Jenin with a concert in Ramallah. Since then nothing AbuSakha state is known as it is in solitary confinement in military detention centers West Bank.
We ask media, social groups, the circus world and everyone who love freedom, to join this initiative of strong opposition to this detention to exert pressure and to collaborate internationally. To do this, we have proposed several participatory way within the framework of a social movement begun several days in social networks and who has joined our group:
✶Collaborate on the Avaaz petition signing at the following link : https://secure.avaaz.org/en/petition/Israeli_Defense_Forces_Free_circus_trainer_and_artist_Mohammed_Faisal_Abu_Sakha/?pv=0&fb_action_ids=10153269875107543&fb_action_types=avaaz-org%3Aengage
✶Organize demonstrations and protest actions against the Israeli consulate or the embassy of each country to denounce this arrest and all the ones occurred in the recent months indiscriminately by the Israeli military .
✶Contact authorities with jurisdiction over Palestine to mediate this conflict , members of the European Parliament or national political representatives, the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, diplomatic consulates or embassies , etc.
✶Spread between the media and the new social media (mailing, Facebook, Twitter …) so that the story of this teacher and artist arbitrarily detained circus and the illegality of the frequent use of administrative detention without charge by is known Israeli military.
About Mohammed AbuSakha
The young Palestinian Mohammed AbuSakha dedicates his life to the circus circus, passionate and committed to social programs in Palestine. Since 2011 works as professor in the Palestinian Circus School, where he was first formed since 2007. Previously, he participated in several circus´entertainments in which he was advised in the direction of clown by Ivan Prado, spokesman of “Pallasos en rebeldía” and Festiclown´s director who maintains a friendly relationship with AbuSakha, attending multiple formations of our collective. In 2011 he joined the Festiclown Palestine, which celebrated its first edition project, and since then he has been a staunch artist in all editions of the festival. AbuSakha is now a recognized artist and teacher and clown, loved by their students and the public who he gives his soul.