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Free Dr Abu Safiya!
Free Dr Abu Safiya!
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To US, UK and EU leaders, and all government officials involved in the Sharm El-Sheikh summit for ceasefire in Gaza:

We call on you to do everything in your power to free Dr Hussam Abu Safiya and all Palestinian medical staff unlawfully held in Israeli prisons in violation of international humanitarian law. We are extremely concerned about their welfare, given the evidence of torture in prison, and Gaza cannot rebuild without its doctors, nurses and health workers: free Gaza’s medics now!
Sign now to demand the release of Dr Abu Safiya and all Palestinian medical staff unlawfully detained in Israeli prisons
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To US, UK and EU leaders, and all government officials involved in the Sharm El-Sheikh summit for ceasefire in Gaza:
"We call on you to do everything in your power to free Dr Hussam Abu Safiya and all Palestinian medical staff unlawfully held in Israeli prisons in violation of international humanitarian law. We are extremely concerned about their welfare, given the evidence of torture in prison, and Gaza cannot rebuild without its doctors, nurses and health workers: free Gaza’s medics now!"
They killed his son. They bombed his hospital. They blocked the supplies he used to treat children screaming in pain.

But he wouldn’t stop saving lives – until Israeli forces imprisoned and reportedly tortured him.

Now he and about 90 other medics are being held in detention, many taken while caring for their patients. Five have reportedly died behind bars, and others are suffering assaults and beatings.

As world leaders focus on the ceasefire plan, doctors across the globe are rising to demand freedom for their brave colleagues, so they can keep thousands of wounded children in Gaza alive.

Let’s join them: add your name to call for the release of Dr Abu Safiya and his colleagues, who showed what humanity is capable of, and help bring them home to their families.

Image credit: A still from Al Jazeera and a video verified by NBC News showing Dr Abu Safiya before detention and approaching a military vehicle in Gaza.

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