On 10 May 2010,Palestinian authorities released human rights activist,
Muhannad Salahat without charge. His release comes in the wake of his secret/incommunicado detention, during which he threatened and subjected to tortured, which eventually ended in an investigation of the
Palestinian Human Rights Foundation (Monitor), a human rights organisation that investigates human rights violations in Palestinian Occupied Territories, for whom he is a representative in Jordan. Muhannad Salahat is still subject to a travel ban despite his release, which raises further fears that he may be re-arrested or disappeared.
Muhannad Salahat, a 29 year old human rights defender from Palestine, was disappeared by the Palestinian Authority Intelligence services in Nablus last Saturday, 1 May 2010. Since 2007, Muhannad has been working with the Palestinian Human Rights Foundation (Monitor) exposing human rights violations and the deteriorating humanitarian and security situation in the West Bank and Jordan. He has been repeatedly harassed, slandered and detained by the Palestinian Authorities' security forces without ever been charged or tried for any crimes. Alkarama has informed the United Nations human rights mechanisms of Muhannad's situation and called for them to take immediate action.
