Prisoner released in exchange for Shalit video remains in solitary confinement

Prisoner released in exchange for Shalit video remains in solitary confinement

Linan Abu Ghalma, 28, has been kept in solitary confinement and exposed to other inhumane treatment in the Hasharon prison since her arrest two months back, human rights sources said Wednesday.

Abu Ghalma was arrested two months back along with seven other Palestinians in the Nablus-area village of Beit Furiq.

The prison authority has banned Linan from recreation, access to clothing, and lawyer visits, and has denied her to see her sister Taghreed, who is being held in a separate cell in the same department of the Hasharon prison, said human rights activist Miysar Atyany.

An Israeli court imposed a six month sentence on Linan but never attached an administrative decision for her lawyer, a step Atyany said was illegal.

Linan served three years in the Hasharon prison and two years in Damon before she was released in Oct. 2009 along with 19 other female prisoners in exchange for a video of captured Israeli soldier Galid Shalit.

Linan’s husband Amjad Maltyat, a leading figure in the Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades the PFLP armed wing, was killed in July 2004.