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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Ruth Michaelson, Sufian Taha and Quique Kierszenbaum in Jerusalem and Ramallah

Israeli abuse of jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti ‘amounts to torture’

A mural shows the jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti, in Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip in April 2023.
A mural shows the jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti, in Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip in April 2023. Photograph: NurPhoto/Getty Images

Marwan Barghouti spends his days huddled in a cramped, dark, solitary cell, with no way to tend to his wounds, and a shoulder injury from being dragged with his hands cuffed behind his back.

Barghouti holds almost mythic status within Palestinian politics, seen as a figure whose potential to unify different factions has only grown during his 24 years in prison.

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