Arab League Calls for International Investigation into Torture of Palestinian Figure Marwan Barghouti

JAKARTA - The Arab League has called for the immediate establishment of an international commission of inquiry into repeated attacks on imprisoned Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti, urging those responsible to be brought to international justice.

In a statement issued on Sunday by the Palestinian and Occupied Arab Territories Department, the Arab League also called for an independent and impartial medical visit to Barghouti and his transfer to a hospital outside the prison if his health condition requires it, reported WAFA (13/7).

Furthermore, the organization demands an end to all forms of torture and inhumane treatment of Palestinian prisoners, especially national leaders, and calls for the immediate and unconditional release of Barghouti.

The Arab League condemned the repeated and systematic attacks on Barghouti, one of the most prominent figures in the Palestinian national movement, and said that they continue to monitor Israel's ongoing violations against Palestinian prisoners and detainees held in Israeli jails.

Marwan Barghouti is known as one of the senior Palestinian figures arrested by Israel in 2002 and sentenced to life imprisonment in 2004 for murder.

Israel has branded Barghouti a "terrorist" and convicted him for his role in the second intifada, or uprising, of 2000-2005.

In 2024, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas praised the steadfastness of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, condemning brutal torture, highlighting what Barghouti experienced.

Last year, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) condemned threats made by Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir against Barghouthi while visiting his cell in Ramon Prison, Israel.

In November 2025, Barghouthi's wife Fadwa expressed hope for her husband's release from Israeli prison to US President Donald Trump.

Then in December, more than 200 world celebrities, from Hollywood actor Javier Bardem to Canadian novelist Margaret Atwood, called for Barghouti's release as part of an international campaign.