August 4 , 2012
UFree Network expressed
its deep concerns and worries towards the continuing arrest
of Omar Khaled Abu Rouis, goalkeeper of Palestinian national
Olympic team, and Mohammed Sadi Nemer, football player of Al
Amari youth club, in the West Bank by the Israeli occupation
forces since February 2012 and until now.
UFree
network said that detaining Palestinian athletes without any
accusation represents a flagrant violation for humanitarian
and international conventions.
UFree network
calls upon all concerned sports organisations such as:
International Federation of Association Football (FIFA),
International Federation of Professional Footballers (FIFP)
and all regional, continental and international sports
associations for an urgent action to release Palestinian
athletes and to put more pressure on Israeli occupation to
end their suffering.
Mohammed Hamdan, UFree
chairman, stated that UFree will launch a solidarity
campaign for the two Palestinian athletes during London
Olympic Games 2012, which was inaugurated in July.
It is worth mentioning that this is not the first time
for Israel to detain Palestinian athletes. They arrested
Palestinian sportsman Zakaria Issa, who died after his
release from Al Ramla jail due to cancer, and recently
Mahmoud Sarsak Palestinian football player was sat free
after 96 days of hunger strike.
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rights network; set up to defend the rights of Palestinian
political prisoners and detainees.
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