Prisoners in Mageddo detention center demand a committee of lawyers to observe their condition

Wednesday August 15, 2007 13:21 by Nisreen Qumsieh - IMEMC News

The prisoners in Mageddo detention center requested a committee of lawyers formed by the Prisoner Society in order to study abduction conditions affecting many imprisoned Palestinians.

The requisition came through a statement from Mageddo detention center directed to the Directorate of Prisoners' Affairs.

Tha'er Abu Baker, from the Directorate of the prisoners' Affairs, said that prisoners are asking all International and Human Rights Organizations to provide support to them. They also seek an end to violent actions implemented by the Israeli prisons' administration.

The imprisoned Palestinians in Mageddo detention center said that 300 Palestinians are under administrative detention at that facility. The army has renewed the administrative detention of most of them for more than one time.

The prisoners also demanded the establishment of a court inside the detention center . Currently, prisoners are handcuffed and blindfolded as they are transferred to court, a process that takes two consecutive days.

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