16-year-old US citizen in Israeli prison is being blackmailed to admit crime he did not commit

The US's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization launched a fresh appeal on Friday for the Trump administration to advocate for the release of 16-year-old Mohammed Ibrahim, who has been detained in an Israeli prison for eight months. 

Israeli prosecutors allegedly threatened to keep Ibrahim imprisoned for another three years unless he admits to a crime he did not commit. If he does, he would then serve two years in prison.

In a statement, Cair’s government affairs director Robert McCaw, said: “For every day that Mohammed Ibrahim is unjustly imprisoned and abused by the Israeli military, we will continue to pressure our elected officials to demand his immediate release.”

A campaign, entitled #BringMohammedHome, is running until Saturday and will include vigils, rallies, online campaigns, phone banking, and letter-writing initiatives across the country.