Istanbul – Saba:
Freed prisoner Nael Al-Barghouti affirmed that the reality faced by Palestinian detainees in the prisons of the Zionist enemy represents a humanitarian catastrophe, amid global indifference to their suffering—in stark contrast to the care and international attention given to the enemy's captives.
In press statements on Wednesday, Al-Barghouti pointed out the exaggerated concern shown toward the enemy's prisoners, including official receptions in Arab countries and meetings with world leaders, while the families of victims of the genocide in Gaza—martyrs and wounded—are completely ignored, along with the daily massacres committed against Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.
He stressed that the prisons have become "graveyards for the living," where detainees endure daily torture, slow killing, and violations of their human dignity under unprecedented conditions—even worse than the darkest chapters of history. He compared the situation to the Inquisition, long condemned by civilization, all while the world remains shamefully silent.
Al-Barghouti called for urgent action to expose what is happening inside the prisons and to reveal the Zionist policies against Palestinian prisoners, holding the international community complicit for its silence in the face of these crimes.
Al-Barghouti was freed on February 19, 2025, as part of the first phase of the ceasefire agreement between Hamas and the Zionist enemy, which the latter refused to complete by failing to proceed with the second phase that would end the ongoing genocide in Gaza since October 7, 2023.
Nael Al-Barghouti (67 years old) holds special symbolic significance for Palestinians, having spent approximately 45 years in Zionist prisons—the longest detention period of any Palestinian prisoner, according to the Palestinian Prisoners' Affairs Authority. This has earned him the title "Dean of Palestinian Prisoners."
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