Tal Yanon Dardik will not be released from detention for his sister's wedding: "This is vindictiveness" | Now: Appeal hearing

The Jerusalem District Court will hear an appeal filed by the Honenu organization on behalf of Tal Yanon Dardik, a detainee in custody, requesting his release on bail for a few hours to attend his sister's wedding. The police and prosecution oppose the release. His attorney argues that the decision is vindictiveness and an attempt to humiliate him.

The Jerusalem District Court will hear today (Sunday) an appeal filed by the Honenu organization on behalf of Tal Yanon Dardik, a detainee in custody, requesting his release on bail for a few hours to attend his sister's wedding. The police and the prosecution of the Judea and Samaria District oppose the release. His attorney, Adv. Nati Rom, argues that the decision to prevent participation in the wedding is "vindictiveness and an attempt to humiliate and break his spirit," and that it is a basic humanitarian right granted even to detainees in much more serious offenses. Dardik has been on a hunger strike for 38 days in protest of the administrative restriction order signed by Major General Blot and his continued detention. The order was issued based on classified security information, against the background of suspicion of his involvement in the violent incident in Khirbet Humsa in the Jordan Valley. Dardik denies being involved in the attack. The Military Court of Appeals previously ruled that Dardik cannot be forced to live at his mother-in-law's home, but did not rule out the possibility of imposing administrative restrictions on him.