Walid Zaqut, aged 31 from Jabalya in the Gaza Strip, was arrested on 16 June 1992 and served with a four-month administrative detention order. He was accused of being an activist in the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine. Walid Zaqut is a member of the advisory committee to the Palestinian delegation to the fourth round of the Middle East peace negotiations and has made statements in support of the peace process. AI notes that the authorities have not provided any evidence to Walid Zaqut or his lawyer about his alleged activities on behalf of the DFLP; he himself has denied ever using violence. AI is concerned about reports that he has been taken ill in the Ketziot detention centre. He has been administratively detained several times previously.
