Detainees in Majeddo demand that Israeli army stops attacks against them

Wednesday January 31, 2007 21:28 by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC & Agencies

Palestinian detainees imprisoned at the Majeddo Israeli prison appealed to the international community to intervene in order to stop the continuous attacks carried out against them by the soldiers.

Fateh movement in the northern West Bank city of Nablus reported that it received a letter from the detainees stating that the Israeli Prison Administration (IPS) has intensified attacks against them over the last two weeks.

The IPS claimed they received intelligence that the detainees had “obtained cell phones”.

The IPO also confined several detainees to solitary cells and forced several others to undress and stand in the rain. The detainees, only wearing underwear, had their hands and legs tied to chairs fixed to the ground.

The family of detainee Ra’ed Sanakra, from the Nablus Balata refugee camp, said that their son was tied and chained to a chair and that seven interrogators took shifts while continuously interrogating him.

Fateh movement in Nablus said that the Israeli authorities must respond to the detainees’ allegations by releasing all political detainees without any conditions.

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