oPt: “No healthcare worker should have to choose between speaking out and detention”: MAP demands release of Dr Dima and detained Palestinian healthcare workers

Country: occupied Palestinian territory Source: Medical Aid for Palestinians Dr Dima Barakat, a gynaecologist, was arrested at her home in Ramallah by Israeli forces on 18 August, with her family and lawyer left uninformed of her whereabouts for 36 hours. Her detention has since been extended despite her undergoing cardiac catheterisation in custody and, according to her lawyer, spending several days in solitary confinement. Aseel Baidoun, MAP’s Deputy Director of Advocacy and Communications, ba