Liberated Palestinian prisoner Maher al-Akhras (Archive)

The family of liberated Palestinian prisoner, Maher al-Akhras, demonstrated alongside dozens of Palestinians in Bireh, 15 km from occupied Jerusalem, to demand the release of their kin whom the Palestinian Authority Security Forces have arrested during a protest.

The protest was against the assassination of Palestinian human rights activist, Nizar Banat, in Ramallah.

فيديو| عائلة الأسير المحرر ماهر الأخرس تعتصم أمام مقر شرطة في البيرة للمطالبة بالإفراج عن ابنها و20 فلسطينياً آخرين اعتقلتهم الأجهزة الأمنية قبيل بدء وقفة منددة باغتيال نزار بنات وسط رام الله أمس.#فلسطين pic.twitter.com/bcEuxMEe4K
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Palestinian Islamic Jihad denounced the attacks carried out by the Palestinian National Security Forces, calling the assault on liberated prisoner Maher al-Akhras 'shameful' to the Palestinian Authority.

PIJ also denounced the PA's heavy-handed suppression of the Palestinians, who went on a march demanding that the killers of Nizar Banat be held accountable.

Additionally, the resistance movement called on the Palestinian Authority to free all prisoners and to stop violating rights and liberties.