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Recent Articles about Palestine Prisoners
Abbas: “No peace agreement until all detainees are freed” Aug 26 08 Israel to release 199 Palestinian detainees on Monday Aug 25 08 PRC welcomes the upcoming release of detainees, maintains firm positio... Aug 20 08 Latest News ArticlesFree Gaza boats leaving with Palestinians on board 16:07 Thu 28 Aug Israeli settlers set fire to a construction workshop in Burin 12:16 Thu 28 Aug Israeli soldiers invade West Bank cities, kidnaps 10 11:56 Thu 28 Aug Israeli activist detained, then released, for taking part in 'Free Gaza' boat action 11:38 Thu 28 Aug Israeli troops kidnap six college students from Nablus 11:23 Thu 28 Aug US government offers tax breaks for Jewish settlers 09:50 Thu 28 Aug Israel to ease conditions on prisoner release criterion 09:10 Thu 28 Aug UNRWA to grant $ 6M to Gaza school students 08:23 Thu 28 Aug Free Gaza boats will leave Gaza on Thursday morning 02:23 Thu 28 Aug "Break the Siege by Sea" boats plan to come back 16:23 Wed 27 Aug Full StoryPalestinian underage Detainees are facing harsh treatment in Benjamin Israeli prisonA report published by the Palestinian Prisoner Society revealed that Israeli soldiers in Benjamin detention facility, and the prison administration, are rejecting to improve the living conditions of the Palestinian underage detainees who are facing daily hardships and attacks. Transled by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC The Society stated that those detainees should be freed since they are minor and cannot be imprisoned in this way, especially amidst the repeated violations practiced against them, the torture and inhuman treatment they face. The Society also stated in its report that the detainees are placed in small but overcrowded rooms while the administration refuses to give them enough covers, clothes, cleaning tools and other important tools. Several detainees stated that rats are found all over the detention facility, and that the detainees do not have hot water to shower. The Society reported that soldiers, guarding the prison, carried repeated attacks against the detainees by breaking into their sections and rooms and abused several detainees by searching them in an inhuman way, hitting them, and threatening to isolate them for extended periods. Child detainees are also not provided with sufficient and healthy meals while the prices at the prison canteen and very high and the detainees do not have enough money. The administration also imposed high fines against several detainees without any apparent cause, and is currently depriving the detainees from their visitation rights. Moreover, medical treatment is practically absent, and the detainees are not provided with any medications while several detainees were injured during the course of their arrest and others suffer from diseases that need medical follow-up and treatment. Most of the child detainees are not allowed to continue their educational process while in detention and the administration tuned down several appeals to allow books into the facility and to allow the detainees to continue their education process. |