Allegation Letter regarding Detention of Bedouin Rights Defender Sheikh Sayah Abu Madhi’m al-Turi in Israel (01 May 2019)
To: Israel
Subject: Information received concerning the detention of Sheikh Sayah Abu Madhi’m al-Turi, a Bedouin rights defender, related to his land advocacy in al-ʿArāgīb, an unrecognized Bedouin village in Negev/Naqab that has faced multiple demolitions since 2010.
Mandates: Cultural Rights; Housing; Human Rights Defenders; Internally Displaced Persons; Minority Issues; Racism