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Recent Articles about Palestine Prisoners
Dweik calls for the release of all legislators imprisoned by Israel Jul 02 09 PLC head could be released next week Jun 18 09 Saadat on hunger strike Jun 11 09 Latest News ArticlesIsraeli sub crosses the Egyptian Suez Peninsula. 11:01 Sat 04 Jul Bahraini officials arrive in Israel to take five Bahraini nationals back home 10:24 Sat 04 Jul Israel cuts off water to Arab Druze towns on hottest day of year 01:49 Sat 04 Jul Israel pledges to compensate UN for shelling its facilities in Gaza 23:53 Fri 03 Jul Three children diagnosed with swine-flu 23:31 Fri 03 Jul Soldiers attack the Nil'in weekly Protest 17:26 Fri 03 Jul Three Injured during the weekly Bil'in protest 16:13 Fri 03 Jul Israeli Housing Minister Concerned over increasing Arab population 11:32 Fri 03 Jul Soldiers wound a Palestinian woman at a roadblock in the Jordan valley 08:04 Fri 03 Jul Soldiers break into the Al Aqsa Mosque yard, kidnap three Palestinians 05:37 Fri 03 Jul Full StoryPalestinian detainees suffering harsh living conditions, ill-treatmentAkram Abu Siba’, secretary of the Detainees Office in Jenin district, stated on Friday that Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons are facing harsh living conditions, abuse and are deprived from their basic rights, while dozens of detainees are placed in solitary confinement for extended periods.
He added that dozens of detainees are sick and need medical treatment but the Israeli prison administration is neglecting their rights and depriving them from the needed medical attention. Some of the cases mentioned in the report are; detainee Khader Turkman is suffering from a neurological disease, detainee Adeeb Al Qit, was shot and injured prior to his arrest and need surgeries, detainee Yasser Nazzal suffers from several diseases, detainee Montaser Abu Ghalion need ophthalmic treatment, detainee Anan Abu Khurj suffers from a liver disease, and detainee Khalil Misbah suffers from a heart disease. Also, dozens of detainees are deprived from their visitation rights while the administration refuses to give any explanation for these illegal acts. Abu Siba’ added that several detainees spent more than five years in solitary confinement and were repeatedly transferred from one detention facility to another without any explanation from the administration. He also said that the isolated detainees are deprived from their visitation rights, are not even allowed to communicate with other detainee, and are repeatedly attacked and violated by the soldiers. Abu Siba’ stated that these procedures are direct violations to the international law and the basic principle of human rights, especially the Fourth Geneva Conventions. The detainees are also provided with bad and insufficient food which forces them to buy their own food from the prison canteen which is always over-priced. The Detainees Media Office initiated a campaign and contacted several parties and institutions in order to arrange protests against these violations and to contact several human rights groups in order to practice pressures on the Israeli Prison Authority to improve the conditions of the detainees and provide them with the basic rights guaranteed by the international law and the Fourth Geneva conventions. |