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- Country of residence: Palestine
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Muhammad Nasr al-Din Saleh Ahmad al-Mallah was born in the town of Ain Qiniya in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate in 1977. He studied the primary and secondary levels, obtained his high school diploma, and enrolled in university to study journalism. He obtained his bachelor’s and master’s degrees while in the occupation prisons.
Al-Mallah became involved in the national struggle at an early stage of his life during the First Intifada. He joined the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, was active in carrying out its activities, and was part of a secret cell affiliated with it within its armed wing, “The Red Star.” During the Second Intifada, he joined the National Resistance Brigades , the military wing of the Democratic Front, and formed groups and planned operations.
Al-Mallah became one of the leaders of the Democratic Front in the occupation prisons, and its representative in the national and struggle committees. He participated in planning many struggle activities during his detention, including the hunger strike. He also wrote a number of studies and research papers, including a study entitled “Critical Papers on the Context of the Palestinian People’s Struggle Experience from 1965 until 2000.”
Al-Mallah suffered greatly under the occupation, as its intelligence services arrested many members of his family, including his father and one of his brothers. He was arrested in 1994 and subjected to harsh interrogation for thirty-three days. He was sentenced to life imprisonment plus eighteen years and remained in captivity until October 15, 1999, when he was released under an agreement between the Palestinian Authority and the Israeli government as part of the Sharm el-Sheikh negotiations. He was re-arrested in 2002 and interrogated at the Al-Maskubiya and Ashkelon detention centers for fifty-eight days. His life sentence was reinstated, plus thirty years. During his imprisonment, he lost his father, brother, sister, two uncles, and grandmother, and was unable to bid them farewell. He was placed in solitary confinement multiple times and subjected to severe harassment by the prison authorities after the outbreak of the Al-Aqsa War. He remained imprisoned until his release, along with two hundred other prisoners, in January 2015 as part of the prisoner exchange deal between Hamas and Israel, and within the second phase of the first stage of the ceasefire agreement. Between the two parties, which entered into force on January 19, 2025.
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