Israeli Occupation Authorities issued on Monday a decision to release the M.A. student Layan Kayed who was arrested on the 7th of June 2023 from her residence in the city of Ramallah. Kayed has been subjected to interrogation for most of her time of detainment. She holds the position of the Coordinator of the Palestinian Coalition for Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights "Adala", and pursues her graduate studies in Social Development at Birzeit University.

International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
26 June 2023

Torture and other grave human rights violations continue to be widely reported across many armed conflicts. Today, more than 100 armed conflicts are ongoing worldwide^*, devastating communities, winding back development, and posing severe obstacles to the protection and enjoyment of human rights.

Alarmed by the imminent forcible transfer of the Ghaith-Sub Laban family from their house in the Old City of Jerusalem, which is slated to occur sometime between 28 June and 13 July 2023, the Palestinian NGOs Network (PNGO) and the Palestinian Human Rights Organisations Council (PHROC) vociferously assert that such manifestation of the ongoing Palestinian Nakba is a result of the international community’s deliberate failure and unwillingness to take effective and meaningful measures to end Israel’s illegal occupation, and settler-colonial apartheid regime.

The military court of the Israeli Occupation extended the detention of the graduate student, Layan Kayed, for five additional days. Layan has been detained, getting interrogated, and deprived of her right to legal counsel since her arrest on 7 June 2023. She currently holds the position of the Coordinator of the Palestinian Coalition for Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights "Adala", and pursues her graduate studies in Social Development at Birzeit University.

Addameer Prisoner Support & Human Rights Association views with great concern the increasing numbers of Palestinian university students who have been recently arrested by Palestinian Authority security forces on grounds of political affiliation. Following the latest student council elections at Birzeit University, PA General Intelligence Service arrested the President-elect of the Student Council, Abdulmajid Hasan, after having brutally assaulted him in front of his home.

The Military Court of the Israeli Occupation extended the detainment and interrogation of the Birzeit graduate student, Layan Kayed, for eight additional days, until 22 June 2023. Since her arrest on 7 June 2023, Layan has not been allowed to access legal consultation or meet with her lawyer.