https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/protesters-gather-gazas-doctors-release
Doctors and human rights campaigners demonstrate outside Parliament to demand the release of Palestinian medics detained in Israel, October 21, 2025DOCTORS gathered under pouring rain in London to demand the release of a high-profile Gazan paediatrician detained by Israel since last December.
Dr Hussam Abu Safiya used his social media to share updates on Israeli attacks on Kamal Adwan hospital in northern Gaza before he disappeared during a lethal Israeli raid.
The 51-year-old hospital director has reportedly been subject to severe beatings and fed just two spoons of rice per day while in custody.
His detention order was last extended for six months under the widely condemned Unlawful Combatants Law on October 16, dashing hopes he would be among those released under a ceasefire agreement recently announced by US President Donald Trump.
On Monday, doctors and healthcare professionals gathered on the Albert Embankment, near St Thomas’ Hospital in central London, demanding his release and that of 114 other Palestinian medics held without charge or trial by Israeli authorities.
They wore scrubs and held large placards saying: “Free Gaza Medics,” “Free Dr Hussam Abu Safiya,” and “Stop Arming Israel.”
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