Ramallah, West Bank (Associated Press)-Palestinian militants and human rights groups are calling on Israel to allow a well-known imprisoned lawmaker to attend her daughter’s funeral on Tuesday.

The 58-year-old Khalida Jarrar is a key member of the People’s Front for the Liberation of Palestine and has been in and out of Israeli prisons in recent years. In March of this year, a military court sentenced her to two years in prison for being a member of an illegal group. Over time, she will be released in October.

PFLP has an armed wing and is regarded as a terrorist organization by Israel and Western countries, but Jarrar was not involved in the attack.This The Israeli military recognizes In March, she “didn’t deal with organizational or military issues of the organization.”

Jarrar was sentenced to 15 months in prison in 2015 for inciting and joining the PFLP. She was also detained for several months at a time, the so-called administrative detention, that is, Israel detains Palestinian suspects for a long time without charges.

The organization said that her 30-year-old daughter, Suha, was found dead on Sunday at her home in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah. The organization had dealt with issues related to gender and climate change for the Al-Haq human rights organization. It does not give the cause of death.

Al-Haq launched a campaign to call for the “immediate and unconditional release of Jarrar on humanitarian grounds” and stated that it has sent an appeal to other countries and the International Committee of the Red Cross.

In the online activities under the hashtag #freekhalidajarrar, other activists and rights groups sent plea. An online petition attracted more than 11,500 signatures.

Israeli officials declined to comment.

The New York-based Human Rights Watch said that Jalal’s multiple arrests were part of a broader Israeli operation. Suppress non-violent political opposition The military occupation of the land of the future country that the Palestinians wanted for half a century.

Omar Shakir, the head of the organization responsible for Israel and the Palestinian territories, said: “Kalida’s detention for political activism violated her freedom of association.” “Infringements have been repeated many times. In the case of Harida’s rights, the Israeli authorities should at least allow her to say goodbye to her daughter.”