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<td><span class="PublishedDate">[ 					03/01/2011 &#8211; 05:42 PM ] </span></td>
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<p style="font-size:10pt;">NABLUS, (PIC)&#8211; A Palestinian prisoner  suffering disability in his feet has appealed to the Red Cross,  prisoners&#8217; ministry, and all human rights groups to urgently provide him  with a new wheelchair to facilitate his movement.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">Ahmed Al-Beitawi, a researcher in the  Tadamun institution for human rights, said on Monday that the prisoner,  Ashraf Suleiman, from the village of Beit Awwa, Al-Khalil, was  apprehended five years ago while on wheelchair as a result of muscle  atrophy.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">Ever since then the wheelchair never  changed and it is now in a very bad state, Beitawi said, adding that the  prisoner, who is serving a six and half years sentence, cannot sit on  his old wheelchair fearing he would fall down because its wheels are  worn out.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">He said Suleiman could not remain seated on his bed because it causes him joint pain.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">An Israeli court had allowed physical  therapy for Suleiman five times a week but the Ramle prison hospital  doctor refused, saying that the court ruling does not bind him.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">More than 20 Palestinian prisoners in  Israeli jails could only move on wheelchairs or crutches with no proper  medical treatment on the part of the prisons&#8217; authorities.</p>
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