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Saba Yemen
26-03-2025
- Politics
- Saba Yemen
Zionist Enemy Confirms Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya's Detention as illegal Combatant
Gaza - Saba: The Palestinian Prisoners' Media Office reported on Tuesday, that the Beersheba Court of the Zionist enemy authorities decided to confirm the detention order of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip, as an illegal combatant for a period of six months. This decision comes after the commander of the southern region in the enemy army, Major General Yaron Finkelman, issued, on February 12, 2025, an order to transfer Dr. Abu Safiya to detention under the "illegal combatant" law, instead of trying him through the normal legal procedures. It is noteworthy that the enemy forces arrested Dr. Abu Safiya on December 28, 2024, during their storming of Kamal Adwan Hospital, where more than 350 people who were inside the hospital at the time were arrested. According to Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, the transfer of Dr. Abu Safiya to detention under the "illegal combatant" law is an arbitrary , dangerous measure, and proves the failure of the public prosecution to prove its allegations and accusations against the detainee. The illegal Combatant Law allows enemy authorities to detain individuals without specific charges or a fair trial, in violation of international human rights laws and norms. Whatsapp Telegram Email Print
Al Jazeera
13-03-2025
- Health
- Al Jazeera
Dr Hussam Abu Safiya's lawyer reveals abuse he faces in Israeli prison
The lawyer acting for the former director of Gaza's Kamal Adwan Hospital says he's being subjected to abusive and degrading treatment in an Israeli jail. Ghaid Qassem, told Al Jazeera that Dr Hussam Abu Safiya is being denied medication for his various health issues. Published On 13 Mar 2025
Middle East Eye
06-03-2025
- Politics
- Middle East Eye
US: Nine Barnard students arrested in campus sweep after second sit-in
The leadership of Columbia University's Barnard College in New York City called law enforcement on their students after they staged a library sit-in on Wednesday, the second such sit-in in a week. A group of students congregated outside the Milstein Center at Barnard around 1pm on Wednesday local time and renamed it the "Dr Hussam Abu Safiya liberated zone". They campaigned for the reinstatement of three recently expelled peers, amnesty for all protestors, divestment from Israel, and justice for Gaza's Dr Hussam Abu Safiya as well as all Palestinians. Pediatrician Dr Abu Safiya was the director of the Kamal Adwan hospital and is currently detained by Israel. It is the last surviving major medical facility in northern Gaza, which was bombed and destroyed by Israeli army forces two days after Christmas in 2024. Around three hours after the sit-in began, just after 4pm, Barnard vice president for strategic communications Robin Levine told protesters in the Milstein Center that there was a bomb threat and urged everyone to leave. Some protestors refused to go, and Barnard leadership called in the New York Police Department. Police - including the counterterrorism unit, the Strategic Response Group - swept the building and arrested nine students. New MEE newsletter: Jerusalem Dispatch Sign up to get the latest insights and analysis on Israel-Palestine, alongside Turkey Unpacked and other MEE newsletters Officers took zip-tied students back into the Milstein Center that they had just evacuated, leading students to believe the bomb threat had been manufactured by leadership. This is the second sit-in in a week after around 100 students staged one outside the dean's office last Thursday. Faculty members successfully de-escalated the situation and organised a meeting between students and leadership the next morning. However, faculty negotiators said leadership reneged on some terms and the conversations stalled. Protesters renamed the Milstein Center to honour Dr Abu Safiya who risked his life to keep the Kamal Adwan hospital functioning, as it was besieged by Israeli shelling and drones and its staff were targeted by Israeli snipers. In a photo that subsequently went viral, he can be seen in a white lab coat amidst the rubble of the bombed-out hospital walking towards two tanks with gun barrels pointed at him. He gave himself up after soldiers announced on a loudspeaker to hand himself over. Since then, he has been imprisoned, subjected to solitary confinement and tortured. No charges have been filed against him, yet soldiers are said to have meted out severe physical abuse, including beatings and electric shock until he lost consciousness. Neither the Manhattan DA nor Barnard College had responded to a request for comment by the time of publication. Columbia to be investigated for antisemitism Earlier this week, on Monday, the Trump administration announced it would be reviewing Columbia University's federal contracts and grants over allegations of antisemitism at the Ivy League university. The US Justice Department has formed a task force to fight antisemitism along with the General Services Department and the US Department of Health. "The Federal Government's Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism is considering Stop Work Orders for $51.4 million in contracts between Columbia University and the Federal Government," the joint statement said, but no freeze had yet been initiated at the time of writing. "The task force will also conduct a comprehensive review of the more than $5 billion in federal grant commitments to Columbia University." Protests against Israel's war on Gaza swept through university campuses soon after the Hamas-led attacks on southern Israel on 7 October 2023. Both the Biden and Trump administrations have sought to characterise anti-Israel and anti-Zionist protests as "antisemitic", leading to congressional hearings grilling university administrators and law enforcement forcefully shutting down protests on campuses. In the wake of the political backlash, universities like New York University and Harvard have scrambled to adopt the controversial IHRA definition of antisemitism as they come under federal scrutiny.
Saba Yemen
20-02-2025
- Politics
- Saba Yemen
His first appearance in enemy's prisons.. Dr. Abu Safiya handcuffed and exhausted
Gaza - Saba: The director of "Kamal Adwan" Hospital, Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, appeared from inside his prison, in a report by the Hebrew media, for the first time since his arrest, during the war of extermination launched by the Zionist enemy on Gaza. According to the Palestinian Media Center, "Abu Safiya appeared in a short video clip, handcuffed, and being led by elements of the Zionist enemy's prison service. Whatsapp Telegram Email Print more of (International)
Middle East Eye
19-02-2025
- Health
- Middle East Eye
Israeli media broadcasts footage of detained Gaza doctor in chains
Israeli media has released a video showing Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Kamal Adwan hospital and a paediatrician, in captivity, shackled at both hands and feet, appearing visibly exhausted. The family of Abu Safiya has accused Israeli forces of subjecting him to 'severe mistreatment and torture' following his arrest on 27 December 2024. According to his family, Abu Safiya was held in solitary confinement for more than a month. There was a visit to Abu Safiya at Israel's Ofer prison, following which it was reported that his health remains stable but that he suffers from chronic high blood pressure and an enlarged heart muscle. He is receiving treatment but is only given one "inadequate" meal per day. 'Regarding his legal case, it is clean, and there are no charges against him,' his family said in a post on X.
