BUENOS AIRES, April 18, 2026 (WAFA) – The Palestinian Embassy in Argentina’s capital, Buenos Aires, commemorated Palestinian Prisoners’ Day with a cultural event that included the opening of a photography exhibition by Argentine photographer Cristian Pirovano titled “Images for Freedom and Against Genocide in Palestine.”

The event, held at the embassy, was attended by ambassadors, members of the diplomatic corps, representatives of human rights organizations, political and trade union groups, as well as cultural, academic figures and members of the Palestinian community.

In his remarks, Ambassador Riyad Al-Halabi stressed that Palestinian Prisoners’ Day is a national and humanitarian occasion with deep significance, embodying the meanings of memory, dignity and struggle, and underscored the need to shed light on the suffering of thousands of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons.

Al-Halabi noted that the number of Palestinian prisoners has exceeded 9,600, including women and children, in addition to thousands held under administrative detention without charge or trial. He said that detention has become a systematic tool used by Israel to attempt to break the will of the Palestinian people despite ongoing violence, discrimination and continued atrocities.

He also pointed to the deaths of hundreds of prisoners in custody due to torture, medical neglect and mistreatment, and condemned the targeting and detention of Palestinian journalists and medical personnel as violations of international law.

The ambassador further criticized recent Israeli legislation, particularly a law permitting the death penalty for Palestinian prisoners, describing it as a serious breach of international justice principles.  

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