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The
Treatment of Prisoners and Detainees by Israel and Others
Prisoners Archive - July 2003
Actors
at an Israeli court demonstrate Israel’s torture methods used against Palestinian
detainees as described by witnesses. Source: Miftah
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Palestinian Child Arrest Figures Top 2,000 in 2nd Intifada Defence of Chidren International - Palestine 2003-06-26 Torture Experienced by Most -- An estimated 2,000 Palestinian children will have undergone the trauma of arrest by Israeli military forces over the course of the second Intifada from September 2000 to end-June 2003. The high number of arrests reflects the ongoing Israeli crackdown in Palestinian areas which began during the invasions of March-April 2003, and the use of repressive tactics against the civilian population, even minors. Torture for Fun International Middle East Media Center 2003-07-23 Afif Al-Bargoothi, 31, from Adoud village of north-east Ramallah, will never forget the 30 hour long torture and humiliation he suffered while attempting to pass through Qalandia military check point. When I met him at Ramallah Governmental Hospital, his body was covered with bruises and skin burns. Afif told us what happened at Qalandia military check point. |
The Quality of Mercy By Mary La Rosa, Media Monitors Network 2003-07-25 The Palestinian Political Prisoners we do not hear about -- If the quality of mercy droppeth as gentle rain from heaven, then Israel is a dry and parched land. One who languishes and thirsts is Daoud Dirawi. He is a 29 year old lawyer, who was detained in Jerusalem on February 21, 2003, while buying medicine for his two year old daughter. After being kicked and beaten by border guards, he was later taken prisoner by the secret police. He suffered further beatings and torture; his jaw was dislocated and he was left without medical treatment and therefore could barely eat. Since February, he has been detained and is now in a military prison, without specific charges or even a trial in sight. He is not a terrorist. And he fits under the designation given to those political prisoners, by Israel and Palestine, of being one who has "no blood upon his hands". He has never had blood upon his hands. He did, however, prior to his detainment, have the affidavits of children who have been indefinitely detained by the Israeli military, "in" his hands and he was looking to obtain more affidavits of abuse suffered by Palestinian children while under grievous confinement. Prior to his arrest, Daoud worked for the Defence for Children International/Palestine. Defence for Children International (DCI) is an independent non governmental organization set up during the International Year of the Child (circa 1979) in order to ensure and protect the rights of the child. This is not the first time Daoud has been detained. And, in retrospect and consideration of the circumstances, it seems no co-incidence that this advocate and human rights lawyer has been thus targeted more than once. With his legal expertise, he monitored, investigated and subsequently challenged the treatment of Palestinian minors who have been detained by Israeli military and who have experienced all sorts of hardships, deprivations and inhumane treatment. The recorded abuse ranges from beatings and kicking to bathroom deprivation and "shabom", which is "positional" torture - meaning to be forced into maintaining an uncomfortable position for a duration of time.
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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 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 Centre for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories 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. Occupation Prisoners News stories and reports about Palestinian prisoners from International Press Center, of the Palestinian National Authority’s State Information Service. Palestinian Centre 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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