Nour Barghouti’s family blames his death on grueling interrogations the Israeli authorities subjected him to
During his family’s final visit to see him in February at Israel’s Naqab prison in the country’s south, Palestinian prisoner Nour Jaber Barghouti asked them to send him a photograph of trees he had planted in the yard of their home before he was detained.
For years, Nour had monitored the growth of his trees from behind bars, through pictures.
This time, Nour wasn’t able to see his beloved yard; he was found unconscious on the floor of the Naqab prison bathroom on 21 April.
Both Israeli and Palestinian authorities said the 23-year-old died after he fainted and fell.
Nour, however, had no known pre-existing medical conditions, raising a controversial debate in the Palestinian community over whether this account is true, or whether there were efforts to cover up a potential suicide, due to religious reasons that prohibit the act.
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