Al Haq Field Worker Detained in Jerusalem by Israeli Military

26-9-2010
On 22 September 2010, Omran Risheq, Al-Haq’s Jerusalem field worker pictured above, was detained along with three journalists, by the Israeli Occupation Forces while documenting clashes in the Old City of East Jerusalem.  

The clashes erupted during the funeral of Samer Mahmoud Ahmad Sarhan, 32, a Palestinian resident of Silwan who was shot and killed earlier that day by an Israeli settlement guard.  Al-Haq is currently investigating the killing.


Omran was detained by Israeli Border Police and accused of throwing stones. After initially being held in a police station in East Jerusalem, he was transferred to a detention facility in West Jerusalem. During his detention, he was interrogated three separate times, strip-searched and informed that his status as a human rights defender provided him no protection. He was later released on the condition that he not enter the Old City or Silwan for a period of 14 days.

The settlement guard responsible for the killing of Samer Sarhan was released on bail.

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