Catherine Ashton.
Human rights organizations Wednesday called on the European Union to uphold standards for the protection of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli Jails, according to a statement posted Thursday on The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR)   website.

The PCHR, the Jerusalem Legal Aid and Human Rights Centre, the Civic Coalition for Defending the Palestinians’ Rights in Jerusalem, Al Mezan Centre for Human Rights, Ramallah Centre for Human Rights Studies, Defence for Children International – Palestine Section, and the Arab Association for Human Rights sent a joint letter to the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Catherine Ashton.

The letter calls upon the European Union to fulfil its commitment to combating impunity and protecting human rights. The sending of the letter coincided with the prisoner exchange deal taking place between Hamas and Israel.

We ask the European Union to seize the opportunity to examine the conditions of those prisoners who remain in Israeli detention and those civilians who remain imprisoned in the Gaza Strip as a result of the illegal closure. After the prison exchange over 4,300 politically related Palestinian prisoners remain in Israeli detention, 164 of whom are children, it said.
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