Muna Haddad

Walid Daqqa, a Palestinian writer and intellectual, died in prison on 7 April, at the age of 62, less than a year before he was due to be released. Convicted in 1987 for involvement in the abduction and killing of the Israeli soldier Moshe Tamam in 1984 – which he always denied – Daqqa, a citizen of Israel, spent 38 years behind bars. During his time in jail he was diagnosed with cancer and suffered from medical neglect. The Israeli government has refused to release his body to his family, withholding it as a bargaining chip for future negotiations with Hamas.