Published: 5 November 2019
Last updated: 4 March 2024
ISRAEL'S SHIN BET security service is stopping a Palestinian employee of Amnesty International from leaving the West Bank.
Laith Abu Zeyad, who works as a campaigner for the human rights NGO, has been denied exit from the West Bank through the Allenby Crossing – which is the only way for Palestinians to leave the West Bank in order to travel abroad.
Abu Zeyad had learned that he was denied exit when he tried to pass through the crossing on October 26 in order to attend his aunt's funeral in Jordan. Kumi Naidoo, the organisation's secretary general, called the Israeli move "a punishment for Zeyad's work to protect the human rights of Palestinians."
The Shin Bet say that the activist was denied passage through the crossing due to "serious security considerations," and stated that their decision had nothing to do with Zeyad's employment with Amnesty. "Any attempt to claim otherwise is completely unfounded," the agency said.
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Photo: Palestinian Amnesty International employee Laith Abu Zeyad (Amnesty International)
