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Prisoners Archive - April 2006
Actors at an Israeli court demonstrate Israel’s torture methods used against Palestinian detainees as described by witnesses. Source: Miftah
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MK Ayalon: I won't be Peretz's sheep YNet News 4/28/2006 "We must understand that the more we torture Hamas, it will multiply and break out. "-- Exclusive: Former Shin Bet chief launches unprecedented attack on Labor Party chairman over way he handled coalition negotiations opposite Kadima; says he may run for party's leadership in future -- Former Shin Bet Chief MK Ami Ayalon (Labor) launched an unprecedented attack on Labor Party Chairman Amir Peretz Friday. Ayalon, located on the sixth spot of the party's Knesset list, announced in a closed meeting that he plans to establish a new political camp and harshly blasted Peretz over the way he handled the coalition negotiations opposite Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. "We sold ourselves cheaply for ministers without a portfolio... " Is the prisoners' issue being politically marginalised? Why? Ma'an News 4/28/2006 Nablus-Ma'an- The Committee for Palestinian Prisoners' Families in the Nablus Governorate has protested that the prisoners' issue has been politically marginalised due to the difficult situation that the Palestinian people are currently living in. In a statement, the committee warned that the Israeli government had succeeded in turning the world's sight away from the prisoners' issue so that it can continue its repressive practices against the Palestinian prisoners and their families. The Committee's Coordinator, Nagham Al-Khayat, has appealed to the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, to the PLC and all local and international organisations for fast and urgent intervention in order to protect the prisoners' lives inside the Israeli jails. PA: Arrest of Lawmaker Ahmed Mubarak is part of the pressure campaign against government International Middle East Media Center 4/28/2006 Palestinian Legislative Council Secretary General, Dr. Mahmoud Al Rahmahi has strongly condemned Iseael's arrest of Palestinian Legislative Council member Ahmed Mubarak from Ramallah Thursday morning. On Thursday morning, a large number of Israeli forces surrounded Mubarak house, and arrested him and took him to an unknown location. The 43 year old PLC member lives in Al Jalazon Refugee Camp in Ramallah. Mubarak’s son reported that 25 Israeli military vehicles besieged the family home this morning and dawn and approximately 50 soldiers stormed inside, taking his father. Mubarak is the father of seven and Israeli forces have arrested him five times since the early 1990s.... Currently 15 elected Palestinian officials are in Israeli prisons, including Ahmed Sa’adat, Marwan Al Barghouti and Hussam Khader. Palestinian political prisoner dies of medical neglect in Israeli jail International Middle East Media Center 4/27/2006 Suleiman Draji, 53-year-old Palestinian from Taiba village inside , died due to medical neglect in Israeli Hasharon Prison Wednesday. The Palestinian Prisoner Society placed the full load of responsibility and blame on both the Israeli government and the Prisons' Authority in the death of Draji who was a political prisoner. The Israeli Prison Authority is notorious for its lack of proper medical care for Palestinian political prisoners. Numerous reports indicated that serious torture wounds, broken limbs and heart conditions are often treated with a single pill similar to an aspirin. The Palestinian Ministry of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs demanded an immediate international investigation into this latest crime inside Israeli jails. Two Palestinian minors tortured in Israeli jails; 1 Palestinian-Israeli died as a result of neglect Ma'an News 4/26/2006 Jenin- Two Palestinian minors in Telmond jail have testified under oath to the lawyer representing "The Palestinian Prisoners' Society", Hanan Al-Khatib, that they were tortured by Israeli interrogators. Abdullah Rafiq Daraghmah (17 years) of Tubas, who was arrested on 20 January 2006, said that he was harshly beaten by Israeli soldiers using their weapons and fists before he was transported from the settlement of Tayaseer to Hawwara jail. Mohammad Mowafaq Khalil (15 years) of Hebron, who was arrested on 4 April 2006, said that he was transported to Atzion detention camp where he was tied to a chair for two days with his hands and feet tied. Earlier, it was reported that Sulaiman Mohammed Mahmoud (53) of Taybeh, in the "Triangle" region of Israel, had died in Hashoron jail on Wednesday morning... Israeli forces invade Jenin camp, attack house of a Prisoner, arrest his son International Middle East Media Center 4/26/2006 Israeli forces invaded the Jenin Refugee camp in the West Bank on Wednesday morning, and held some residents captive for interrogation, Palestinian sources reported. Troops demanded the residents to provide them information about about Ashraf and Mahmoud Al-Sa'adi, two Islamic Jihad operatives claimed to be wanted by the Israeli security forces. Eyewitnesses said, at least 20 military vehicles invaded the camp in the early hours of the morning and surrounded the house of Bassam Al-Sa'adi, an Islamic Jihad leader who is currently in Israeli prison. "We woke up to the sound of bullets coming through the windows, and we heard the soldiers speaking in loudspeakers demanding whom they call wanted to give themselves up," said Um Ibrahim, wife of Bassam Al-Sa'adi and sister to Mahmoud. New PA officials travel the same path as vegetables peddlers to market due to Israeli restrictions International Middle East Media Center 4/26/2006 The maze of Israeli military checkpoints inside the West Bank ensure that not only vegetables must be carried to market, but also students must walk to school, workers to their jobs, and officials must walk to meetings, to work, to try to run the Palestinian government. Palestinian Legislative Council members bounce in the back of vegetable trucks or shared taxis through mountains and side roads along with all others trying to avoid Israeli blockades. And some even travel by ambulance. The Minister of Detainees and Ex Detainees Affairs, Wasfi Kabha, told PNN Tuesday morning, “Almost daily I am forced to walk a long distance in order to avoid the intensive military barriers which prevent the continuation of our travel. Sometimes I go in a small vegetable truck from one city to the next. " Children's drawings exhibited in Jericho Ma'an News 4/26/2006 Ma'an-Jericho-An exhibition of children's drawings, organized by the Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS), was opened today Wednesday in the Jericho Municipality. The exhibition is part of the activities commemorating Palestinian Prisoners' Day. The opening was attended by the Mayor Hassan Saleh, the head of the Jericho police Abu Attahah, and the head of PPS in Jericho. The exhibition, which includes drawings completed by primary school pupils, will last for 3 days, at the end of which there will be a prize-giving ceremony for the best drawings. [end] EU report condemns secret CIA flights The Guardian 4/26/2006 The CIA has carried out more than 1,000 undeclared flights over European territory since 2001, European parliament investigators said today. Politicians scrutinising illegal CIA activities in Europe also said incidents in which terror suspects were handed over to US agents did not appear to be isolated, and suspects were often transported in the same planes and by the same groups of people. The preliminary report was compiled using data provided by the EU's air safety agency, Eurocontrol. It also used information gathered during three months of hearings and more than 50 hours of testimony by human rights groups and people who said they had been kidnapped and tortured by US agents. Jordan 'arrests Hamas militants' BBC 4/25/2006 Jordan says it has arrested several members of the Palestinian militant group, Hamas, who it says were planning to carry out attacks in the country. The detainees had received instructions from a Hamas military leader in Syria and were in the final stages of planning, a government spokesman said. The Palestinian group rejected the allegations as "outright brazen lies". Meanwhile, a Hamas spokesman is said to have been arrested by Israeli forces in an overnight raid in the West Bank. Farhat As'ad was taken into custody after Israeli troops searched his house, according to the official Palestinian news agency. There was no immediate comment from the Israelis. Tulkarem PPS sets up support committee for Palestinian prisoners Ma'an News 4/25/2006 Tulkarem-Ma'an- The Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) in Tulkarem Governorate has formed a support committee for prisoners inside Israeli jails with the co-operation of the prisoners' families committee in the Governorate. The declaration came during the weekly sit-in that the families of the prisoners carry out in the Governorate in front of the Red Cross' headquarters in which they call for the increasing suffering of their sons to be eased. The manager of the Prisoners' Society, Halimah Armilat, said that the formation of this committee came at a time when the prisoners have a hard situation, especially because they have not received their allowances for two months. [end] Pentagon plan to free 140 from Guantánamo The Guardian 4/26/2006 The Pentagon is planning a mass release at Guantánamo Bay, where almost 500 detainees are still being held as part of the "war on terror", it was announced yesterday. About a third - 141 - of the prisoners are to be freed after investigators determined that they can no longer be classified as enemy combatants. The prisoners would be the largest group yet to be freed from the US naval base in Cuba that has been criticised by human rights campaigners and governments across the world. Major Michael Shavers, a Pentagon spokesman, said: "A number of detainees who have been determined to be no longer enemy combatants are in the process of being transferred or released to their home countries. " Palestinian prisoners may have been poisoned Ma'an News 4/24/2006 Nablus-Ma'an- The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society in Nablus has called for human rights and legal organisations to immediately intervene to save the lives of 24 Palestinian prisoners being held in the Hawwara military camp, south of Nablus. The prisoners believe that they have been poisoned after being forced to eat a meal of fish. The Prisoners’ Society expressed their fear for the lives of the prisoners, saying that many of them have already been taken to hospitals. In a statement issued on Monday, the Prisoners’ Society said that the prisoners had declared on 19 April 2006 that they would no longer eat three meals a day. However, Israeli Border Guards were brought into the prison by prison authorities. The Border Guards hit and tortured the prisoners until they ate the meal, which appears to have been poisoned. [end] Palestinian prisoners in Damoun jail in Israel abused by guards International Middle East Media Center 4/24/2006 During a visit to Damoun jail, a lawyer with the Palestinian Prisoners' Society revealed Monday that "Nakhshon Israeli unit" stormed section "3", provocatively searched the rooms and forced the prisoners out. The prisoners told the lawyer that they live in rotten crowded rooms. The Israeli prison guards use bloodhounds in their search campaigns in an attempt to humiliate and frighten the arrestees. The prisoners are currently on a hunger strike as a protest against the conditions and medical negligence. They mentioned specifically the case of a prisoner in section"8" who was beaten up and hit in the head, and is in medical crisis, but has been refused medical care. [end] Army arrests two and turns one house into military post International Middle East Media Center 4/22/2006 Israeli forces arrested two Palestinian in Bethlehem and Hebron areas in the West Bank on Saturday morning, a Palestinian source reported. The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society in Hebron said Israeli forces invaded Al-Arroub Refugee camp near Hebron and arrested Tareq Balasi, 20 and searched several houses in the camp. Palestinian Security source said Mahmoud Obayat, 23 was arrested in Bethlehem when Israeli troops stopped the car he was riding on a military roadblock on the Bethlehem-Hebron road. Obayat is a security officer who works in Hebron and brother of Raed Obayat who was assassinated by a special Israeli army unit in Beit Sahour earlier in April. Families' weekly sit-in at ICRC Gaza in support of prisoners Ma'an News 4/24/2006 Gaza-Ma'an-Families of Palestinian prisoners continued their weekly, Monday sit-in outside the ICRC in Gaza. Family members of prisoners expressed hopes that the new Palestinian government will make prisoners a top priority and will work hard to release them. Mothers of prisoners told Ma’an that the Israeli authorities will finally allow family members above 21 years of age to visit their sons in Israeli jails. This is a new step as the Israeli authorities have denied these visits for many years. [end] Report: 400 Palestinian children incarcerated in Israeli jails International Middle East Media Center 4/24/2006 Defense for Children International – Palestine section and the Arab human rights institution charged in a joint statement that the Israeli occupation government was escalating its arrests of Palestinian minors. The statement pointed out that 350 Palestinian children ranging from 13 years old to 18 years old were arrested in the first quarter of 2006 while 700 children were arrested in the year 2005. It noted that around 4,000 Palestinian minors have been arrested in the course of the current violence (over the last 5 1/2 years) that erupted in late September 2000 until the present year, with 400 of them still behind Israeli bars. The statement charged that all children captured by Israeli troops are subjected to different types of torture, including beatings and insults at the time of arrest; then isolation, assaults, deprivation of family visits and being sprayed with gas while in captivity. Palestinian family calls for release of child from Israeli jail International Middle East Media Center 4/24/2006 A Palestinian family called on the International Committee for Red Cross (ICRC) and human rights organizations to immediately intervene to help free their son from Israeli detention. The father of the detainee child, Muneeb Abd al-Ghani, said that Israeli Forces arrested his son, Mou'taz, 16, of Saida town, north of Tulkarem on April 4, and detained him at Salem Israeli detention. He added that Mo'taz is subjected to investigation, pointing out that lawyers could not visit him and the matter caused a state of panic among the family for his unknown fate. Siniora links Israel leaving Shebaa to Hizbullah arms The Daily Star 4/25/2006 BEIRUT: Lebanese Premier Fouad Siniora said in remarks published Monday that the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Shebaa Farms could lead to Hizbullah's disarmament. "If the U.S. and friendly countries help us achieve the withdrawal of Israel from Shebaa Farms, it would be possible for the Lebanese forces to be the sole owner of weapons and arms in the country," Siniora said in an interview with The Washington Post. The small, mountainous Shebaa Farms territory lies at the intersection where Lebanon, Syria and Israel meet. Siniora said that although Hizbullah has a connection to Syria and Iran, it is a Lebanese party with national objectives, namely that Israel release Lebanese detainees, provide Lebanon with maps of the land mines it planted in the South and put an end to violations of Lebanese airspace and waters. Female ex-prisoner talks of poor conditions in Israeli jails Ma'an News 4/21/2006 Nablus-Ma'an- The Centre for Women's Programmes held a meeting in the Balata refugee camp in Nablus to mark Palestinian Prisoners' Day. Dr. Majeda Faddah, one of the released prisoners, spoke at the meeting. Faddah, Municipal Council Member in Nablus, talked about the suffering of female prisoners inside Israeli jails and the poor conditions they live in due to the Israeli repression policy. Aisha Abu Hammadah, who ran the meeting, was keen to point out that the Centre's management always seeks to tackle the problems faced by Palestinian society in all situations and occasions. [end] PA cuts stipends of security prisoners jailed in Israel Ha'aretz 4/20/2006 The Palestinian Authority has drastically reduced the stipends it provides to prisoners jailed for security reasons in Israel. Until recently, the PA deposited an estimated NIS 800 to NIS 1,000 in the prisoners' accounts toward the purchase of prison canteen goods; however, last month each prisoner received less than NIS 100. The prisoners have asked prison authorities to provide them with essential electrical appliances such as electric teakettles and space heaters. In recent private conversations in jail, the prisoners claimed the PA had forgotten the leaders, MPs and military activists who had been imprisoned for serving the PA. They also complained that Prisoners' Day, which took place this week, was not commemorated properly. Israel frees Hamas-elected Qalqilyah mayor after 44 months in jail Ha'aretz 4/20/2006 Israel on Thursday released the Hamas-elected mayor of the West Bank town of Qalqilyah from prison after 44 months behind bars, the mayor said from his home. Waji Qawwas, 40, served successive six-month terms of administrative detention, or imprisonment without trial. He told The Associated Press by telephone that he was informed Thursday morning that he would be freed a few hours later, after his current prison term expired. "I couldn't believe it," he said. Qawwas was elected mayor of Qalqilyah during local elections last year, while he was in prison. The Israel Defense Forces had no immediate comment on the timing of the release of Qawwas. Elected Mayor of Qalqilia released from jail International Middle East Media Center 4/20/2006 The Israeli authorities released the Palestinian Prisoner Wajeeh Qawas, the recently elected Mayer of the West Bank city of Qalqilia, Thursday noon. Qawas was arrested four years ago and was sent to the administrative jail until his release. Welcoming reception will be held upon his arrival Thursday evening. Qawwas was elected Mayor while in jail in December of 2005. [end] Vanunu hit by further ban on leaving Israel The Guardian 4/21/2006 State tells peace activist he remains a security risk · Anti-nuclear arms group lobbies London embassy -- The nuclear whistleblower and peace activist Mordechai Vanunu has been told that the ban stopping him leaving Israel has been extended for another year and that he is still viewed by the authorities "as a security risk to the state". Mr Vanunu said yesterday that he was disappointed by the decision, which he learned about from a letter sent to him from Ehud Olmert, Israel's prime minister designate, on the eve of the second anniversary of his release from jail. A former technician at Israel's nuclear weapons facility, Mr Vanunu was released from an 18-year prison term two years ago today. Islamic Jihad advices its leaders to avoid apprearances in public areas International Middle East Media Center 4/19/2006 On Wednesday, sources in the political wing of Islamic Jihad issued identical warnings to all political leaders to avoid “open appearances in public places,” after the Tel Aviv operation Monday. Islamic Jihad’s armed resistance wing, the Al Quds Brigades, claimed responsibility for the young man who detonated explosives strapped arround his body killing himself and nine Israelis. This is considered a large operation for the group compared to others it has conducted. The political wing of Jihad is waiting for the media to catch up with the idea that the operation coincided with 17 April’s “Palestinian Prisoner Day”. Tripoli, Lebanon: DFLP holds solidarity sit-in with Palestinian prisoners Ma'an News 4/19/2006 Lebanon-Ma'an-The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) organised a sit-in protest in front the UNRWA offices in Tripoli, northern Lebanon, on Tuesday morning in order to show solidarity with Palestinian prisoners. Representatives from many Palestinian factions, social and official committees, Lebanese factions and high-ranking officials participated in the protest. There were many speeches in which all speakers stressed the need to bring the suffering of Palestinian prisoners to a swift end, and confirmed their support for all Palestinian prisoners. [end] Press Release on the Occasion of Palestinian Prisoners Day Palestine Monitor/Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics 4/17/2006 More than 650,000 Palestinian were exposed to detention since 1967, of whom 9,400 are still in Prison --.... Data from the Ministry of Detainee’s Affairs point out that more than 650,000 Palestinian citizens have been arrested since 1967, while more than 40,000 Palestinian citizens have been arrested during Al-Aqsa Intifada. Of these, 9,400 prisoners are still detained in the more than 30 Israeli jails and detention centers. 421 prisoners have spent more than 10 years in prison, while 7 of them spent more than 25 years.... More than 4,000 Palestinians were seized after the reported “calming” of the situation since February 2005. Kabaha: We are going to internationalise the prisoners issue Ma'an News 4/19/2006 Ramallah-Ma'an- The Palestinian Minister for Prisoner Affairs, Wasfi Kabaha, confirmed that his Ministry is going to make salaries for all prisoners equal, saying that no difference between prisoners would be made from now on. Kabaha said that this would be applied in regard to the prison canteens and other needs, adding that the government decided in Tuesday's session to pay the prisoners money before other employees and other security staff..... The minister announced that they are discussing the possibility of internationalising the issue of prisoners and legally prosecuting Israeli intelligence members around the world who have violated international law in their dealings with the prisoners. Pentagon Releases Extensive Gitmo List The Guardian 4/20/2006 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - The U.S. government released the first list of detainees held at the Guantanamo Bay prison on Wednesday - the most extensive accounting yet of the hundreds of people held there, nearly all of them labeled enemy combatants. In all, 558 people were named in the list provided by the Pentagon in response to a Freedom of Information lawsuit by The Associated Press. They were among the first swept up in the U.S. global war on terrorism for suspected links to al-Qaida or the Taliban. The list is the first official roster of Guantanamo detainees who passed through the Combatant Status Review Tribunal process in 2004 and 2005 to determine whether they should be deemed ``enemy combatants. " Teenage bomber who shook the Middle East The Independent 4/18/2006 A youthful Islamic Jihad activist blew himself up outside a crowded falafel bar in Tel Aviv yesterday, killing at least nine civilians and wounding about 50. Samer Samih Hamad, from the West Bank village of Arakeh, near the pre-1967 border, is believed to be one of the youngest suicide boIn a video "living will", he dedicated the operation to the thousands of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails. Dressed in black with a yellow headband inscribed with Koranic verses, he warned in a clear, firm voice: "There are many other bombers on the way. " Relatives said he had completed high school. But he looked more like a boy. Palestinian militants threaten to attack Jewish targets abroad Ha'aretz 4/17/2006 Palestinian militants linked to Chairman Mahmoud Abbas's increasingly fractured Fatah movement threatened on Monday to attack Jews overseas to force Israel to release Palestinian prisoners from its jails. Islamic Jihad, also said they supported violence to free more than 8,000 prisoners held by Israel, but neither explicitly backed attacks on Jews abroad. The call by militants of the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades could heighten tension between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, which has been crippled financially by the loss of Western aid, and of tax and customs revenues frozen by Israel, after Hamas's crushing electoral win over Fatah in January. Al Aqsa Brigades: Government must fulfil its responsibilities Ma'an News 4/18/2006 Bethlehem-Ma’an-Al Aqsa Brigades’ called on the Palestinian Government to fulfil its responsibilities and duties towards the Palestinian people and prisoners by fulfilling the commitments of the previous government. The Brigades called also on the Central Committee of Fatah and the Executive Committees of the PLO, to work diligently and speedily to find a solution to the current issues facing Palestinians. These include the payment of salaries and working towards the release of prisoners. [end] Israeli Forces severly torture a blind, 60 year-old Palestinian man, arrest his 3 sons Ma'an News 4/18/2006 Tulkarem-Ma'an-Israeli soldiers abused and severely tortured a blind Palestinian man in Tulkarem after they forcibly entered his house. They hit Ghalib Mahmoud At'tohol (60) badly and forced him out of the house, even though he is blind. Israeli Forces then prevented the ambulance from taking him to hospital for treatment for 3 hours. Medical sources in Thabit Thabit Hospital where the man was eventually taken, said that Mr. At’tohol had bruises on his chest, shoulders and neck. During the attack on the house, Israeli Forces arrested Mr. At’tohol’s three sons, Mahmoud,(30), Ala'a (25) and Baha'a (20). Palestinians demand prisoner release By Laila El-Haddad, AlJazeera 4/18/2006 Thousands of Palestinians filled the streets of Gaza City on Monday to commemorate Palestinian Prisoners' Day. The demonstrators, led by representatives of factions and accompanied by high-ranking government officials, carried flags and shouted slogans in support of the thousands of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails. They marched through the streets of Gaza and Ramallah to the Palestinian Legislative Council, carrying pictures of their imprisoned family members and symbolically tying their hands together with chains. They called on Palestinian parliament members and ministers, human rights organisations and the international community to make the release of prisoners a priority. Palestinians commemorate Prisoners Day, as all hell breaks loose By Laila el-Haddad, International Solidarity Movement 4/18/2006 I’m very tired so instead of posting something on how all hells break loose here between one second and the next, and how just when you say to yourself-well how about that, only 20 shells today! and no gunbattles between bickering testosterone charged gunmen with nothing better to do! and no suicide bombings!…well.. needless to say, things have a way of turning very bad, very quickly here. 9 killed in Tel Aviv, another Palestinian boy killed in Beit Lahiya by Israeli shelling (that makes 16 since the start of the year)… and I just heard an explosion near my house…so.. instead, I’m going to talk about commemorations of Palestinian Prisoners Day (yes, we have so many “days”), and then go to sleep, because God knows we ALL need sleep. DCI/PS call to action on Palestinian Prisoners' Day Defence for Children International - Palestine 4/17/2006 It is a sad irony that Palestinian Prisoners' Day comes this year as massive numbers of Palestinian children are being arrested and detained by Israeli forces. In the first quarter of 2006 alone, some 350 children were arrested – compared to around 700 child arrests in the whole of 2005. The vast increase in arrests is in turn leading to overcrowding in prisons as record numbers of juveniles are being held in unsuitable and unhygienic conditions. Since the beginning of this intifada in September 2000, Israeli forces have arrested around 4,000 Palestinian children, 400 of whom are still in Israeli prisons and detention centres. The fight to not fight The Guardian 4/17/2006 Can a feminist serve in a male-dominated military? Rachel Shabi meets the Israeli conscript who argued that she could not - and won an exemption -- Idan Halili, just 19 years old, has written a feminist critique that has astounded established feminist voices around the world. Her analysis takes the form of a letter sent to the Israeli army asking for exemption from compulsory service, based on a feminist rejection of militarism. Last December, having spent two weeks in military prison because of her refusal to serve, Halili was exempted from conscription; her views, she was told, deemed her "unsuitable". "The army is an organisation whose most fundamental values cannot be brought in harmony with feminist values," she wrote in her request for exemption. On the Occasion of Palestinian Prisoners' Day PCHR Issues a Report on Palestinian Prisoners in Occupation Jails Palestinian Centre for Human Rights 4/17/2006 PCHR issued a special report on the conditions of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli occupation jails. The report, issued on 17 April 2006, coincided with the annual Palestinian Prisoners' Day. The statistics of the Centre and those of the Ministry of Prisoners' Affairs were highlighted to indicate the latest numbers of prisoners and deaths within prison. Up to the end of March 2006, there were 9,400 Palestinian prisoners detained by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF). These prisoners were distributed over 34 detention centers, 4 interrogation centers, and 2 military holding centers. Among the prisoners are 120 females, 330 children and 810 administrative detainees. Palestinian, Israeli human rights groups to High Court: Decreasing the "security range" for firing missiles at the Gaza Strip is illegal Al Mezan Center for Human Rights 4/16/2006 Six Palestinian and Israeli human rights organizations have appealed to the Israeli High Court, opposing a decision to decrease the "security range" which would exposes civilians to danger. Last week, a missile was dropped on a house in the Gaza Strip, killing a child Hadeel Ghaben and injuring 12 members of her family. On behalf of six human rights organizations: Physician for Human Rights, Btselem, Citizen's Rights Organization, Public Committee Against Torture, Gaza Mental Health Center and Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, Israeli lawyer Micheal Sfard demanded an urgent meeting at the Israeli High Court on the morning of April 17th to discuss and attempt to cancel the decision issued by the Minister of Defense and President of the Israeli Army General Staff to decrease the "security range" which would augment numbers of victims. Family of prisoner call for urgent intervention Ma'an News 4/14/2006 Tulkarm-Ma’an-The family of Palestinian prisoner, Mehraj Shihada, from the Tulkarem Refugee Camp in the West Bank, called on International Human Rights' Organizations’ and the International Committee of the Red Cross to urgently intervene on their behalf with the Israeli Authorities to safeguard their son’s life. Shihadah was injured during his arrest, and has bullet splinters lodged in his lung. This causes him severe pain, and is dangerously detrimental to his health. The family said that Mehraj, a member of the Palestinian Security Forces, was arrested in 2002 and sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment. [end] Commemoration of Prisoners’ Day in Jericho Ma'an News 4/14/2006 Jericho-Ma'an-The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society “PPS” has begun a series of activities to show support to Palestinian Prisoners’. The first activity to be held was a 40km marathon for females and a 60km marathon for males. The Deputy Governor, the Mayor, as well as other senior officials attended the marathon. Numerous other activities are planned and will continue until 28 April. [end] Army report on al-Qaida accuses Rumsfeld The Guardian 4/15/2006 Donald Rumsfeld was directly linked to prisoner abuse for the first time yesterday, when it emerged he had been "personally involved" in a Guantánamo Bay interrogation found by military investigators to have been "degrading and abusive". Human Rights Watch last night called for a special prosecutor to be appointed to investigate whether the defence secretary could be criminally liable for the treatment of Mohamed al-Qahtani, a Saudi al-Qaida suspect forced to wear women's underwear, stand naked in front of a woman interrogator, and to perform "dog tricks" on a leash, in late 2002 and early 2003..... [Rumsfeld] regularly monitored the progress of the al-Kahtani interrogation by telephone... Rumsfeld Potentially Liable for Torture Human Rights Watch 4/14/2006 "The question at this point is not whether Secretary Rumsfeld should resign, it’s whether he should be indicted. " Joanne Mariner, Terrorism and Counterterrorism Program director at Human Rights Watch -- Defense Secretary Allegedly Involved in Abusive Interrogation -- (New York, April 14, 2006) – Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld could be criminally liable for the torture of a detainee at Guantanamo Bay in late 2002 and early 2003, Human Rights Watch said today. A December 20, 2005 Army Inspector General’s report, obtained by Salon. com this week, contains a sworn statement by Lt. Gen. Randall M. Schmidt that implicates Secretary Rumsfeld in the abuse of detainee Mohammad al-Qahtani. Minister of Prisoners’ Affairs: Palestinian prisoners will be internationalized Ma'an News 4/13/2006 Nablus-Ma'an-Palestinian Minister of Prisoners’ Affairs, Mr. Wasfi Qabha said he will not hesitate to contact the Israelis in an attempt to provide support and services to Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails. Speaking in Nablus, during a program arranged by the Ministry of Information, Qabaha said, " The Ministry has a two-stage plan to ease the suffering of prisoners: one is a short-term plan and the other is a long-term plan. ”He added that he intends to transform the issue of Palestinian prisoners into an international issue, through the creation of Arab and International societies to support prisoners. [end] Family prisoner not allowed visiting their son since six years Ma'an News 4/13/2006 Salfit-Ma'an- Family of the Palestinian Prisoner Zahir Ali Jbarin called for the human institutions and all societies concern in the prisoner's affairs to pressurize the Israeli Authorities to allow them visit him. The father of Zahir told Ma'an that " we did not visit our son who is now in Ber Sheva'a Prison where every two prisoners in one cell. The last period, Zahir was in the isolation sections or in the cells because the authorities accused him of being active in the Israeli jails, the father said. Zahir was arrested in the first Intifada in 1993 in Nablus city. [end] Prisoner killed in clash at Jordan jail AlJazeera 4/13/2006 The Qafqafa prison houses political Islamist prisoners -- One prisoner has been killed and and 35 other people, including 15 policemen, wounded in clashes at an isolated hilltop jail in northern Jordan. "The prisoner died on his way to the hospital," Nasser Judeh, the Jordanian government spokesman said on Thursday. He identified the dead prisoner as Khalid Fawzi Ali al-Bishtawi. Judeh told The Associated Press that several police officers suffered "light to medium injuries" during the clashes on Thursday that lasted several hours before police took control of Qafqafa jail about 80km north of the capital, Amman. Qafqafa holds 34 Islamist prisoners and is one of six such prisons in Jordan. Minister: PA could become 2nd Somalia YNet News 4/12/2006 Palestinian finance minister warns about dangers inherent in collapse of Hamas government -- A Hamas government collapse would turn the Palestinian Authority into another Somalia, Palestinian Finance Minister on behalf of Hamas Omar Abdel Razek warned in an interview published by British newspaper The Times Wednesday. Abdel Razek, who was only released from an Israeli prison several months ago, said Israel can expect an increase in terror attacks as a result of the difficult economic situation in the PA, the suspension of international aid, and the Israeli suspension of tax money transfers. Relations with Israel won't remain calm, Razek warned, adding that the Hamas government would not push in that direction but noting that the problems faced by the Palestinians would lead to more attacks. Barakeh: Isolate Israel YNet News 4/11/2006 Speaking in Ramallah, Israeli Arab Knesset Member calls on Palestinians to 'isolate Israel and its criminal policies,' says Israeli Arabs 'identifiy with, struggle for Palestinian prisoners' -- Hadash Chairman Knesset Member Muhammad Barakeh called on the Hamas government not to play in the hands of Israel during a speech in Ramallah, in which he called on Palestinians to adopt a diplomatic line which would "isolate Israel's criminal policies and won't contribute to the Palestinian isolation. " Barakeh was invited to Ramallah to mark the Palestinian prisoner's day, an event in which senior Palestinians and parliament members, some of them Hamas members, took part. Soldiers arrest resident in Hebron, settlers attack farmers and shepherds International Middle East Media Center 4/9/2006 Sunday at dawn, Israeli soldiers arrested one resident in Bani Neim village, east of Hebron, after invading it. Settlers, on the other hand, attacked on Saturday evening dozens of shepherds and farmers south and east of Yatta village, south of Hebron. The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society reported that soldiers arrested resident Hani Ramadan Obeido, 30,after breaking into his house and several nearby houses in Wadi Al Jouzarea, west of Bani Neim. The Society stated that the number of residents arrested since the beginning of this month in Hebron arrived to 20. Meanwhile, Extremist settlers groups continued their attacks against the Palestinian residents and their properties in Hebron and several surrounding areas. Palestinian detainees carried out a one-day hunger strike International Middle East Media Center 4/9/2006 9000 Palestinian detainees in 21 central Israeli prisons and detention facilities carried out on Sunday a one-day hunger strike in protest to the bad living conditions they face and the repeated violations practiced against them. Hundreds of detainees present in Israeli interrogation facilities and in military camps in the occupied West Bank were excluded from the strike since it was difficult to contact them. The detainees said that their Sunday hunger strike is the first step which could be followed by a continuous general strike in all detention facilities. Recently, soldiers guarding several detention facilities and prisons confined dozens of detainees to solitary imprisonment, completely isolated them from the rest of the detainees and were barred from meeting their lawyers or representatives of the Red Cross. British, American Consulates won't cooperate over Jericho Prison Investigation International Middle East Media Center 4/10/2006 Deputy chair of the Palestinian Legislative Council, Dr. Hassan Khreisheh said on Sunday that the American and the British Consulates refused to cooperate with the Palestinian Parliamentary committee investigating the latest Israel attack against Jericho Prison in March. Khreisheh told Palestine News Netwrok, (PNN) that a special committee has been formed to investigate the attack and was set to talk to the British and the American consoles, since American and British security officers were assigned to guard the prison, left shortly before the Israeli invasion. "One of their deputies said, they refuse to cooperate with anybody from the Palestinian Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and Hamas," said Khreisheh. Abu Zaydah denies news about Moroccan meetings next month Ma'an News 4/10/2006 Jerusalem- Ma'an- Former Prisoners' Affairs Minister, Dr. Sufian Abu Zaydah, denied reports in the Israeli daily newspaper, "Maariv", in regard to his participation in meetings with the Israelis in the Moroccan capital next month. Abu Zaydah told Ma'an that this news is baseless and confirmed his rejection to participate in such meetings at a time when the Israeli occupation continues to kill Palestinian people. According to the Israeli newspaper, the meeting between the Israelis and the Palestinians was an attempt to reach understandings such as the Geneva Initiative and to keep up relations with people the paper described as moderates in the PA and who are expected to head the PA after the Hamas government's downfall. [end] Palestinian prisoners announced the 9th of April as a day of hunger strike Ma'an News 4/7/2006 Bethlehem- Ma'an- In a statement sent to the Palestinian Prisoners Society by the Palestinian Prisoners, they said that they will start a one day hunger strike on the 9th of April to protest the living conditions in the Israeli Jails. The statement added that the prisoners are protesting against the isolation policy the Israeli Authorities applying against Palestinians in the jails. The prisoners said in their statement that this policy is causing a lot of pain and damages the personality of the prisoners, this is a decision to kill, the statement said. The PPS said that the Israeli Authorities is keeping ten of the Palestinian Prisoners in the isolation sections and in the cells since many years; one of these prisoners is a Jordanian prisoners called Mazin Malsah. [end] Families of missing to mark day war started The Daily Star 4/8/2006 BEIRUT: The families of the missing and kidnapped Lebanese in Syria and Israel, advocacy groups and the Lebanese Association for Human Rights held a news conference on Friday to commemorate the memory of April 13 -the start of the Lebanese Civil War. "Remembered But Never Repeated," a series of activities in the Press Federation headquarters, will be held to commemorate those who died and went missing during the war. The head of the the Missing and Kidnapped Lebanese committee, Waddad Halwani, spoke on behalf of all the committees. "We cannot reach real peace before resolving the issue of the detainees in Syria and Israel, the kidnapped and missing persons," she said. Palestinian sues PA authorities, says tortured for helping Israel Ha'aretz 4/7/2006 A Palestinian man sued Palestinian authorities on Thursday, saying he was tortured after he helped Israel prevent terrorist attacks on its citizens by Palestinian militants. The lawsuit filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Manhattan says Ali Mahmoud Ali Shafi was kidnapped on September 22, 2001, in Palestinian Authority-controlled territory and tortured for six months. Shafi lived in the West Bank town of Qalqilya from 1948, when the state of Israel was created, until 1994, when he moved to Haifa, the lawsuit says. Before moving to Israel, he helped the Israeli security services prevent terrorist attacks on its citizens, it says. Two children released after one year in jail International Middle East Media Center 4/6/2006 On Thursday morning, two children from the West Bank city of Tubas were released after serving one year in Israeli prisons. Homam Daraghmah and Mohamed Daraghmah, both 15 years old, were arrested one year ago after the soldiers claimed that they carried home-made bomb near a military checkpoint north of theWest Bank city of Jenin, local sources reported. [end] Second chance” for foreign workers Globes 4/6/2006 Illegal foreign workers in the construction, agricultural, industrial and service sectors, will be reassigned to new employers, starting this weekend. -- The Ministry of Interior’s Foreign Workers Enforcement Unit has announced a “second chance” campaign for foreign workers, who entered Israel legally and became illegal workers for one reason or another. Under the plan, a team from Ma'asiyahu Prison, headed by Shalom Yehoshua, will find replacement employers for 30 workers from various countries, who either knowingly or unknowingly became illegal, rather than deporting them from Israel. 9400 Palestinians in the Israeli jails Ma'an News 4/5/2006 Gaza-Maan-Media Department in the Ministry of Prisoners Affairs said that the situation of more than 9400 Palestinian prisoners in the Israeli jails is deteriorating every day. The department said that the numbers of the prisoners is increasing on daily bases as the Israeli forces arresting more Palestinian people every day. More than 142 Palestinian people were arrested by the Israeli forces in the month of Marhc the department said. Riyad Ashkar, director of the department confirmed that 62 of the arrested Palestinians in the month of March were children, 12 years child from Jerusalem and another 12 years child from Bethlehem were among them. [end] Detainees facing hardships during transfer to Israeli courts International Middle East Media Center 4/5/2006 Before the Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons are transferred to court, they have to go through a long journey of hardships and suffering as a result of the Israeli measures that contradicts with the International Law. Qalqilia resident Riyadh Walweel, 50, who was released recently from an Israeli prison informed the Palestine News Network that “suffering became the companion of any detainee being transferred to court or to other prison”. Walweel is a previous member of Qalqilia municipality council, and a member of the Islamic Zaka fund. Israeli Forces Arrest Several Citizens, Detain Jerusalem Minister at Checkpoint International Press Center 4/5/2006 HEBRON, Palestine, April 5, 2006 (IPC + Agencies) - - Israeli occupation forces arrested several citizens in the city of Hebron and surrounding villages, and seized a number of houses too, in addition to detaining the Minister of Jerusalem Affairs at a military checkpoint in the West Bank. Sources at the Palestinian Prisoner's Society (PPS) explained that Israeli soldiers arrested three citizens in the city of Hebron, after raiding their homes yesterday night. They were all taken to the detention center at the illegal Israeli settlement "Kfar Etzion". On the other hand, local sources at the town of Bani En'aim, in Hebron province, said Israeli forces stormed the town and besieged the two-storey house of Kayed Ballout, before seizing it and turning it into a military barracks. Continuation of Security Chaos in the Gaza Strip through Misuse and Mishandling of Weapons Palestinian Centre for Human Rights 4/5/2006 Over the past two days, the Gaza Strip has witnessed 3 incidents involving the misuse and mishandling of weapons, one of which led to the accidental killing of a father by his son, south of Gaza City. In Jabalia, an armed group kidnapped a prisoner who was being transported from court to the Gaza Central Prison. In addition, a university student was injured by a bullet fired accidentally by a friend on the campus of Al-Azhar University.... Earlier on the same day, an armed group intercepted a police vehicle. They kidnapped the prisoner Ahmad Shafiq Khalil Abdallah (30), while he was being transported from Jabalia District Court to Gaza Central Prison. He was taken to an undisclosed location. Palestinian prisoners organised celebration on the anniversary of Yassin’s death Ma'an News 4/5/2006 Jenin- Ma'an- One of the Palestinian prisoners presented to the Military Court of Salim told Mustapha Azmouti of the Palestinian Prisoners' Society that the prisoners had organised a celebration to mark the anniversary of the killing of Sheikh Ahmad Yassin. The lawyer was told that the prisoners organised many activities, including sports, the release of statements, and the distribution of sweets for this occasion. In a related story, prisoners in the Israeli jail of Megiddo condemned the Israeli attack on Palestinian prisoners in the Negev Prison. They called for all countries that value human rights to call upon the Israeli government to improve the conditions under which Palestinian prisoners are held in Israeli jails. IDF going easy on refuseniks? YNet News 4/6/2006 Army appears to have changed policy toward left-wing conscientious objectors, prefers to have them discharged on grounds of mental health instead of putting them on trial. 'The army just doesn't know how to deal with us,' one refusenik says -- In recent months, the IDF's policy toward conscientious objectors who refuse to serve in the army appears to have changed. While in the past, the treatment of left-wing refuseniks has been systematically harsh, with authorities insisting on sending objectors to repeated prison terms, with new refuseniks the policy is different: Young recruits refusing to serve in the army are jailed for a short period of time and then sent to undergo psychological evaluation by a mental health officer who consequently discharges them from service. Latest Guantanamo documents shed light on proceedings against detainees The Daily Star 4/6/2006 WASHINGTON: The Pentagon has voluntarily released 2,600 more pages of documents from proceedings against prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, giving up a four-year fight to keep their names secret. The documents, which were posted on a Pentagon website, included transcripts and defense summaries from special military panels that review each prisoner case once a year and determine if he is eligible for release or transfer. Among them were the cases of six Algerians seized in Bosnia-Herzegovina in 2002 and flown to Guantanamo after the Bosnian Supreme Court dismissed charges against them of plotting to blow up the U.S. Embassy in Sarajevo. Settler sentenced to two years in jail for shooting Palestinian Ha'aretz 4/4/2006 Beer Sheva District Court on Tuesday sentenced a settler to two years in prison for shooting a Palestinian civilian in the Gaza Strip last summer. Daniel Finner, 39, a resident of the West Bank settlement of Tapuah, shot and wounded a Palestinian resident of El-Muasi in June 2005. Finner opened fire during an altercation that erupted between Israeli guests of the Maoz Yam hotel in Gush Katif and Palestinian residents of the adjacent El-Muasi area.... According to the charges, Finner burst onto the scene with a loaded Uzi submachine gun and began firing in the air and directly at the Palestinians. One Palestinian man was severely wounded by the gunfire and was rushed to a hospital to be operated upon. ALF condemned the Israeli escalation against Palestinian prisoners Ma'an News 4/4/2006 Khan Younis-Maan- Arab Liberation Front "ALF" in Khan Younis Governorate deeply condemned the fierce campaign that the Israeli Forces executed against the Palestinian prisoners in the Negev jail. In a press statement issued Tuesday the ALF confirmed that the Israeli Forces used all ways the statement said criminal and repressive against the prisoners who are suffering from the hard and difficult situation, specially those suffering of many sick and illnesses without being treated by the jail authorities. Military court fines several Palestinian prisoners International Middle East Media Center 4/3/2006 The Israeli military court of Salem sentenced and fined a number of Palestinian prisoners during closed military trials held Monday morning. Abd Azazma was sentenced to three months and NIS 1500 as a fine, Momtaz Milhim was sentenced to six months and 5000 NIS as a fine and Ahed Fawaz'a was sentenced to six months and 2000 NIS as a fine, local sources reported. Also the court sentenced Khaled Barham and Firas Hanon to 18 months in jail and sentenced Waled Sobeh for another 15 days to continue interrogating him. [end] US releases more Guantanamo files BBC 4/4/2006 The US defence department has released a second batch of documents relating to detainees being held in Guantanamo Bay. "It is an attempt to be transparent," Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said of the publication of transcripts of tribunals held at the camp in Cuba. The tribunals were held last year to determine who should remain in prison. The move follows the publication last month of 5,000 transcript pages, in response to a court order, which showed detainees' names for the first time. The Pentagon says 490 people are being held at the detention facility, which opened in January 2002. Only 10 have been charged with a crime. |
In Focus: Hiding behind retaliation Palestine Monitor 4/25/2006 On Monday, April 17 2006, Palestinians commemorated Prisoners’ Day. As thousands of Palestinian mothers, sisters, daughters, and sons filled the streets of Gaza and the West Bank to demand their government and the international community prioritize the release of prisoners, Samer Hammad, a twenty-one-year-old Palestinian from a village near Jenin, blew himself up outside a Tel Aviv restaurant. Samer killed nine people, and wounded approximately fifty. (1) Islamic Jihad took credit for the attack. It released a video of Samer in which he dedicated his act to the over 8,000 Palestinian prisoners suffering in Israeli jails and detention centers. According to the Palestinian prisoners’ rights and support group Addameer, of these 8,000, 307 are minors and 103 are women. (2) Islamic Jihad vociferously defends its bombings, asserting that such attacks are the only weapon Palestinians have against the Israeli aggression they face on a daily basis. The group has stated that the attack is just one of many towards the Israelis if the Jewish state continues to occupy Palestinian land and oppress its people. In the week preceding Samer’s strike, Israeli soldiers killed more than sixteen people in operations it labels “security measures.” Hadil Ghabin of Beit Lahia, all of nine years old, was killed when an Israeli missile struck her family home. Thirteen of her family members were injured, including her pregnant mother and her fifteen-year-old brother Ahmed, who lost the sight in both his eyes. The same week another seven-year-old boy in Gaza was killed in an air strike. (3).
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Adalah Adalah (Justice in Arabic) is the first non-profit, non-sectarian Palestinian-run legal center in Israel. The main goal of Adalah’s work is to achieve equal rights and minority rights protections for Palestinian citizens of Israel. Addameer Prisoners’ Support and Human Rights Organization: Addameer (conscience) is a Palestinian non-governmental, civil institution which focuses on human rights issues. Supports Palestinian prisoners, advocates for rights of political prisoners, works to end torture. Amnesty International Amnesty International (AI) is a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights. AI’s vision is of a world in which every person enjoys all of the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights standards. Amnesty International USA Amnesty International (AI) is a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights. AI’s vision is of a world in which every person enjoys all of the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights standards. Arab Association for Human Rights - HRA The HRA was founded in 1988 to promote and protect the political, civil, economic, and cultural rights of the Palestinian Arab minority in Israel and to further the domestic implementation of international human rights principles. It is an independent non-governmental organisation registered in Israel. Association for Civil Rights in Israel - ACRI In Hebrew - The Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) was founded in 1972 as a non-political and independent body, with the goal of protecting human and civil rights in Israel and in the territories under Israeli control. B’tselem The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories. It endeavors to document and educate the Israeli public and policymakers about human rights violations in the Occupied Territories, combat the phenomenon of denial prevalent among the Israeli public, and help create a human rights culture in Israel. Boycott Israeli Medical Association UK: The Medical Committee for Boycott of the Israeli Medical Association (IMA) will document the systematic torture of Palestinian people by agents of Israel. It will publicise the practice in order to bring world opinion to bear on Israel. And it will challenge the Israeli Medical Association which has repeatedly failed to issue advice to doctors who are involved in any way with torture. Human Rights Watch Human Rights Watch is an independent, nongovernmental organization, supported by contributions from private individuals and foundations worldwide. Human Rights Watch is dedicated to protecting the human rights of people around the world. Palestinian Center for Human Rights The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) is an independent legal body based in Gaza City dedicated to protecting human rights, promoting the rule of law, and upholding democratic principles in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Palestinian Prisoners Society The Palestinian Prisoner Society is a social and human institution and its members are prisoners inside prisons and released prisoners. Membership is open to every Palestinian prisoner inside and outside prisons who meets the conditions of membership. Physicians for Human Rights - Israel Physicians for Human Rights - Israel (PHR-Israel) was established in 1988 as a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization, dedicated to promoting and protecting the medical human rights of all residents of Israel and the Occupied Territories. Public Committee Against Torture in Israel - PCATI An independent human rights organization founded that monitors the implementation conditions in detention centers and continues the struggle against the use of torture in interrogation in Israel and the Palestinian Authority. United Nations Information System on the Question of Palestine The main collection contains the texts of current and historical United Nations material concerning the question of Palestine and other issues related to the Middle East situation and the search for peace. World Organisation Against Torture OMCT is today the largest international coalition of NGOs fighting against torture,summary executions, forced disappearances and all other forms of cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment in order to preserve Human Rights. It has at its disposal a network, SOS Torture, consisting of some 240 non-governmental organisations which act as sources of information. |
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