WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen issued the following press release:
U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, and U.S. Representative Kathy Castor (D-FL-14), this week led twelve bicameral lawmakers in demanding accountability for the Israeli military's nearly ten-month detention of Palestinian-American minor Mohammed Ibrahim. In their letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the lawmakers highlight how Mohammed's physical and psychological abuse by Israeli soldiers underscores Israel's systematic denial of basic rights and due process to Palestinian detainees, especially minors.
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