Israel releases Ahmad Manasra after decade in prison

The Israeli authorities have release Palestinian detainee Ahmad Manasra after a decade in prison.

The Palestinian Prisoners Club reported that Manasra had endured physical and psychological torture at the hands of the prison authorities since his arrest at the age of 13,spending prolonged periods in solitary confinement.

Manasra was expected to be released at Nafha prison, where his family were waiting to greet him, but he was released in the city of Bir as-Sabi, far from the prison.

Manasra was handed a 12 year sentence, subsequently reduced to nine years, for accompanying his cousin Hassan Manasra who allegedly stabbed to Israeli settlers  near the illegal settlement of Pisgat Ze’ev in occupied East Jerusalem in 2015.

Manasra was charged with murder despite not having participated in the attack- a fact which the court acknowledged.

Hassan, who was 15 at the time was shot dead by an Israeli civilian, while Manasra sustained skull fractures and internal bleeding after he was beaten by an Israeli mob and run over by an Israeli driver.

Videos of Manasra lying bleeding on the ground as Israelis jeered at him elicited global condemnation.