To reject Abu Sakha’s petition for a fair trial after one year of administrative detention without charge the Supreme court hearing took only 15 minutes on 5th December. His re-appeal June this year ended with an extention of 6 months. A delegation of 15 representatives from the Palestinian Circus School, the EU and several NGOs like Amnesty International and Terre des Hommes Italy attended the hearing.

Around 580 Palestinians are presently held by Israel under administrative detention, as Amnesty International reports. AI calls on Israel to stop the usage of administrative detention and to release all conscience prisoners immediately and unconditionally. On January 27 the EU office in Jerusalem made also an official statement and expressed its concern towards Israel about the extensive use of administrative detention without formal charge.

The Palestinian Circus School calls all supporterts to contact the respective Ministers of Foreign Affairs, the diplomatic representations to Israel and the Palestinian Authority and the EU representation offices to put pressure on Israel to stop the arbitrary use of administrative detention and free all Palestinian administrative detainees or give them the right to a fair trial.