A Palestinian couple locked their disabled kids in two urine-stained rooms for forty years because they were afraid the children would ruin the marriage prospects of a healthy child,
Palestinian police have revealed that a couple locked their disabled kids in two urine-stained rooms for forty years because they were afraid the children would ruin the marriage prospects of a healthy child.
The case has highlighted the shame felt by families who have children with disabilities in Palestinian society "made worse because of poor services and the practice of first-cousin marriages in Arab communities."
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Few people in the rural town of Beit Awwa knew of Basam Musalmeh, 38, and his sister Nawal, 42 were kept in two crumbling concrete rooms that stank of sweat and urine behind their family's house.
Police found them during a raid on Tuesday night, while searching for Hamas loyalists and criminals in the village.
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Their father was arrested, although it was not clear if he was detained for keeping his children locked up or because of his suspected loyalty to militant group Hamas.
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