2020-04-19
West Bank and Gaza Strip
MUSAWA Demands the Prime Minister to take Immediate Measures Following a Facebook Post by a Nurse about the Unsanitary Conditions at a Quarantine Center
His Excellency Prime Minister, Dr. Mohammad Ishtayyeh,
As a non-partisan and independent Palestinian civil society organization, and based on its beliefs and national, legal, and community commitment, MUSAWA- The Palestinian Center for the Independence of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession, expresses its shock and outrage at the latest Facebook post published by Professor Othman Amr, who is being kept quarantine after contracting the Coronavirus while performing his job at the Augusta Victoria Hospital. It is worth mentioning that Professor Othman Amr has a master's degree in anesthesia and over 15 years of experience in nursing, as reported by the Dura Media Network and approved during MUSAWA’s phone call with Mr. Amr. In his turn, Mr. Amr pointed out that the quarantine center in Hebron lacks the most basic health care requirements and suffers from negligence, not to mention that the quarantined individuals kept in the mentioned quarantine center are subject to violations of their human dignity and their right to life. Based on the foregoing, we demand the following:
Mr. Prime Minister, the right to life is a human and constitutional right and the right to human dignity is sacred and shall not be compromised or undermined, thus, quarantine centers may not be converted into holding centers where freedom, dignity, and life are violated.
Hoping that this memo receives enough attention from your side and that you take the needed measures to address all shortcomings and hold perpetrators or perpetrators accountable.
With All Due Respect,
Issued on 19/4/2020
MUSAWA