Juana Ruiz’s defense last week reached an agreement with the Prosecutor’s Office after which the charges were reduced from five to two: providing services to an illegal organization and receiving money and smuggling it into the West Bank.
An Israeli military court has sentenced Spanish humanitarian worker Juana Ruiz to thirteen months in prison and a € 14,000 fine, after accepting the plea agreement with the prosecution last week.
Ruiz, detained by Israel since last April 13, He has been in jail for seven months, for which he will only have to serve another six and pay half the fine to be able to get out of prison.
Last week Juana Ruiz’s defense reached an agreement with the Prosecutor’s Office. Following the agreement, the charges were reduced from five to two: “providing services to an illegal organization” as well as “receiving money and smuggling it” into the West Bank.
Ruiz Sánchez, 63, has lived in the occupied West Bank since the 1980s and has worked for decades as a project coordinator for the Health Works Committees, a Palestinian NGO that provides aid to the population in health and development matters. at the same time that he fights for his rights.
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