More than 100 groups demand release of Palestinian-American teenager in Israeli prison

More than 100 diverse faith-based, civil rights and human rights organisations sent a joint letter to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, demanding action to secure the safe release of a 16-year-old Palestinian-American citizen from Florida detained without trial in a notorious Israeli prison.

The letter to Rubio, dated 26 August 2025, said the teenager, Mohammed Ibrahim, is in poor health and his detention in an Israeli prison was a violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention, which prohibits “the deportation of protected persons from an Occupied Territory to the territory of the Occupying Power”.

“Mohammed’s health is dire and requires your immediate action to ensure Mohammed is free, safe, and with his parents - his life is on the line," the letter reads. 

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