Free Palestinian Nonviolent Activist Mohammad Othman!

Mohammad Othman was detained as he tried to return to Palestine from Norway, on the border between Jordan and the West Bank.

As far as we know, Mohammad is currently being held for interrogation at Huwarra. He met with his lawyer Thursday, September 24th, and will be held in front of a court on Tuesday, September 29th. He has not been interrogated and has not been informed of the charges against him.

From the facebook group dedicated to him:

"Israeli occupation forces detained Mohammad Othman on the 22nd of September, 2009. Mohammad was detained while trying to return to the West Bank over the border from Jordan. Mohammad has spent the summer touring Europe, and was returning from his latest trip to Norway.

Mohammad is 33 years old, and has dedicated the past ten years of his life to human rights causes, particularly the non-violent struggle against the Apartheid Wall in the West Bank.

Mohammad is from the village of Jayyous in the occupied West Bank, and the village has lost most of its privately owned land due to the Apartheid Wall. The land is now confiscated by Israeli settlements, which are deemed illegal under international law.

Mohammad has an extensive network in the international solidarity movement, and plays an important role as the youth coordinator for the non-violent Palestinian Stop the Wall campaign. Mohammad has dedicated his life to tell the world about the war crimes and crimes against humanity that is being conducted by the Israeli Occupation Forces in the West Bank."

ARABIC:

اعتقلت قوات الاحتلال محمد عثمان في الثاني و العشرين من سبتمبر 2009.محمد اعتقل بينما كان يحاول العودة الى الضفة الغربية عبر الحدود مع الأردن. محمد وقد قضى صيف بجولة في أوروبا ، وكان عائدا من رحلته الأخيرة إلى النرويج.

محمد هو 33 سنة ، وكرست السنوات العشر الماضية من حياته لقضايا حقوق الإنسان ، لا سيما في النضال غير العنيف ضد جدار الفصل العنصري في الضفة الغربية.

محمد هو من سكان قرية جيوس في الضفة الغربية المحتلة ، والقرية قد فقدت معظم احتياجاتها من الأراضي المملوكة ملكية خاصة بسبب جدار الفصل العنصري. الأراضي التي صادرتها الآن المستوطنات الإسرائيلية ، والتي تعتبر غير قانونية بموجب القانون الدولي.

محمد ديها شبكة واسعة في حركة التضامن الدولي ، وتلعب دورا هاما حيث شارك الشباب منسق لغير العنيفة الفلسطينية وقف حملة الجدار. محمد كرس حياته لنقول للعالم عن جرائم الحرب والجرائم ضد الانسانية التي تجري من قبل قوات الاحتلال الإسرائيلي في الضفة الغربية.

To take action, please click the link to the Wordpress blog set up to follow his case. His court date is approaching quickly, please sign the petition to demand his release.