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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Marwan Barghouti’s son calls on UK to put father’s release at heart of Palestinian renewal

Marwan Barghouti in court
Marwan Barghouti in court in Jerusalem in 2012. He has been in jail for 22 years. Photograph: Bernat Armangué/AP

The son of Marwan Barghouti, the Palestinian prisoner often described as the Nelson Mandela of the Palestinian movement, has called on the British government to put his father’s release at the heart of Palestinian democratic renewal.

Arab Barghouti warned the UK government that its recent recognition of a Palestinian state risks providing nothing but false hope unless it follows through by using diplomatic channels to secure his father’s freedom.

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