Nineteen-year-old Amal Nakhleh suffers from a rare, long-term condition called myasthenia gravis that causes severe muscle weakness. In November 2020, when he was sixteen, Amal was arrested at an Israeli checkpoint between the Palestinian towns of Atara and Birzeit and presented with a list of charges based around throwing stones.

Amal was released in December, but in January 2021 rearrested and subjected to an administrative detention order that was extended several times.

“I had surgery just before my arrest,” recalls Amal. “This illness requires a CT scan every six months and continuous medical treatment. During my entire fifteen-month imprisonment, they only allowed me to do it once and there was no medical follow up or specialized attention.”