Tomorrow, Sunday, June 18th, marks the ninth anniversary of the re-arrest of dozens of the liberators of the “Wafaa Al-Ahrar” deal, according to which (1027) were liberated in 2011, in exchange for the release of the Israeli soldier (Gilad Shalit).

The Captive Club said in a statement that the occupation authorities continue to detain (48) those released from the deal, and they are among about (70) prisoners who were re-arrested by the occupation in 2014, and later returned to about 50 of them their previous sentences, most of which are life imprisonment, in addition to years, Based on an arbitrary law that he approved especially for them, and implemented it through what is known as the Military Objections Committee, which was established to consider their cases, and today it detains them in its prisons under the pretext of having a (secret file), and based on this pretext they are serving life sentences.
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He added that what the prisoners of the "Loyalty of the Free" deal were subjected to was one of the most dangerous measures that the occupation carried out against prisoners who were liberated through exchanges, and it was clear that the occupation had taken them hostage for political goals.

And he continued, that despite all the claims that took place over these years, and among them were claims to the sister Republic of Egypt, which sponsored this agreement at the time, to put pressure on the occupation for their release, he continued to arrest them and violated the agreement that was made, and he was among the most prominent of those who returned Arresting the captive commander, Nael Al-Barghouti, who is serving the longest period of detention in the occupation prisons, with a total of 44 years in two periods.

The Captive Club called, once again, on the sisterly Republic of Egypt, and on all Palestinian levels, to intensify efforts to liberate them, and to restore the basic demand in this issue, which is freedom, and to decide the fate of thousands of prisoners, after the years of detention of some of them exceeded four decades, and some approached them.