An Hour Before Release, Prisoner Transferred to Administrative Detention

Thursday May 24, 2012 13:30 by William Temple - IMEMC & Agencies

In a PNN report today, the Al-Ahrar Centre for Prisoners' Studies and Human Rights stated that on Wednesday, May 23rd, prisoner Sameh Elaiwe, 50, was transferred from Nablus city to Administrative Detention one hour before his scheduled release date.

protest against prisoners being held in administrative Detention

Administrative detention is detention without charge or trial that is authorized by administrative order as oppose to a fair and just judicial decree.

Foad al-Khafsh, head of Al-Ahrar, affirmed that on Tuesday the Israeli military brought Elaiwe's case before the court, accompanied by his lawyer Fares Abu al-Hassan. The court ordered Elaiwe's release for the following day.

However, Israeli intelligence petitioned to overturn the decision after Elaiwe's lawyer had left the court, and the Court transferred the prisoner to the administrative detention centre for four months.

Al-Khafsh alleged that Israeli intelligence deliberately intends to break the spirits of the prisoners, and questioned whether the military have actually agreed to stop the policy of Administrative Detention when in fact they appear to be using it more than before the hunger strikes.

More than 25 cases have been transferred to Administrative Detention since the Israeli prisons administration and the Supreme Committee for Prisoners signed their agreement on May 14th.

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