Sarah is joined by Sahar Francis, a Palestinian lawyer and human rights defender, to discuss Israel’s recently passed “Prisoners’ Execution Law” and its devastating impact on Palestinian political prisoners. With over 10,000 detainees- including 350 children, Sahar highlights the ongoing torture, extrajudicial killings, and systemic abuses perpetrated by Israel. Drawing on her 27 years defending prisoners, she shares the fight for human rights and justice for Palestinian prisoners on the international stage as well as highlighting the brutal systems of apartheid operational on a domestic level. Listen and find out more about how you can contribute to this work.

About Sahar Francis

Sahar Francis is a Palestinian lawyer and human rights defender, an expert in international humanitarian law, international human rights law, and international criminal law. She has worked for the last three decades, defending Palestinian political prisoners held under the Israeli occupation. Francis advocates against torture, arbitrary detention, for the guarantees of fair trial procedures, rights of women and children, and works to abolish death penalty, locally and regionally.

Francis has worked closely with the UN special procedures system and appeared as a witness in front of the United Nations Fact-Finding Missions and Commissions of Inquiry. She has drafted legal cases on torture, arbitrary detention, denial of fair trial and forcible transfer of prisoners with the International Criminal court. Francis has met scores of diplomats, parliamentarians, political leaders and activists all around the world, to promote justice for the Palestinian people.

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