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The
Treatment of Prisoners and Detainees by Israel and Others
Prisoners Archive - July 2004
Actors
at an Israeli court demonstrate Israel’s torture methods used against Palestinian
detainees as described by witnesses. Source: Miftah
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An Outcry to Salvage a Minor Prisoner and Other Wounded International Press Center 7/27/2004 GAZA, July 27,2004 (IPC+Agencies)-- The citizen Samya Subuh, the mother of the minor female prisoner, Aseel Mossa Al Hindi, 14 aged, denied vehemently the accusations against her minor daughter, including her affiliation to Fateh movement and her intention to perpetrate a bombing operation. The implored mother disclosed that her daughter signed on the false account of accusations under the threat of force and the psychological pressures she has been exposed to not to mention the threats by the Israeli interrogators to arrest her mother. On Palestinian Prisoners in Israeli Jails… Violations and Torture: Part 1 International Press Center 7/27/2004 Since the Al Aqsa Intifada broke out on September 28, 2000,the Israeli forces have stepped up theirarrests of the Palestinian citizens, through arbitrary and organized arrest campaigns on a large scale, which have led to the soaring of the toll of prisoners inside the Israeli jails and concentration camps. During the first three years of the Al Aqsa Intifada, as many as 32 thousand Palestinians have been arrested by the Israeli occupying forces, according to what the president of the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS), Eisa Qaraqe'', said in a seminar that was held in Ramallah City on May 3, 2004. Palestinian Prisoners to Start Hunger Strike as 800 of Them Remain Untreated Inside Israeli Jails International Press Center 7/27/2004 GAZA, July 27, 2004 (IPC)-- The 7,500 Palestinian prisoners inside the Israeli jails and concentration camps have moved health care to the top of their priorities, before going through an open hunger strike. The Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) asserted that the prisoners insidethe Israeli jails have been preparing for a complete hunger strike, to protest the maltreatment and medical negligence of about 800 sick prisoners. Costly Fines Against Palestinian Prisoners… Another IOF Scenario to Put Them into Squeeze International Press Center 7/25/2004 GAZA, July 25, 2004 (IPC)-- The policy of imposing high fines on the Palestinian prisoners inside the Israeli occupation jails has become an increasingly callous means to circumvent and demean the Palestinian prisoners. In a report released by the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS), of which the IPC received a copy from, it disclosed that the Israeli martial courts, in each sentence against the Palestinian prisoners, associate their sentence with costly fines, adding further financial hardship upon the shoulder of the prisoners’ family. Palestinian Prisoners at Israeli Hospitals Slowly Die International Press Center 7/18/2004 BETHLEHEM, Palestine, July 18, 2004 (IPC) - - The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) revealed that the Palestinian prisoners being treated in the Israeli prison hospitals suffer inhumane treatment and abuse by both the Israeli wardens and the hospital staff. In eyewitnesses accounts given to the PPS lawyer Hanan Al Khatib, several Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prison hospitals expressed the extent of medical negligence, deterioration of their health conditions and abuse the 200 hospitalized prisoners suffer at the hands of the Israeli occupying authorities. Assad orders partial amnesty in Syria Daily Star 7/17/2004 BEIRUT: Syrian President Bashar Assad has ordered a partial amnesty for prisoners in Syria, in a decree issued on the eve of the fourth anniversary of his rise to power, the state news agency SANA reported Friday. The amnesty for "crimes committed before July 15, 2004" covers deserters and traffickers, but not drugs or arms smugglers, according to a presidential decree quoted. “At Least Our Martyrs are in Heaven, but Our Prisoner’s Still Live in Hell” International Solidarity Movement 7/5/2004 Nablus - Kole 5 Jul 04 -- Report on July 5th Action and Testimonials from Prisoner’s families: The words come from the mother of Bassam Mohamed Ghazi Kitani (21) who is currently being detained in Gelboa prison with 600 other Palestinian detainees. Gelboa is one of the newest additions to the complex of Israeli prisons that houses some 6,000-7,000 Palestinian detainees and is a heavily fortified attachment to the notorious Shatah prison that has quickly gained a reputation for brutality. Conditions at Gelboa have yet to be reviewed by human-rights organizations. IOF Severely Wounds Citizens, Sentences Crippled Prisoner to Eight Years International Press Center 7/12/2004 ...The mayor of the village of Biddu said that Israeli soldiers from the so-called "Border Guard" launched an unprecedented campaign against the citizens of the village and nearby areas, impounding their cars and writing costly tickets and abusing them both verbally and physically, a thing that resulted in the serious injury of several of them....Meanwhile, an Israeli military court sentenced a crippled prisoner to eight years of prison, ignoring the disability caused to him by the occupying forces before his arrest. ''Ghost detainees'' at Camp Delta The Guardian 7/10/2004 Pentagon accused of planning to exclude some Guantánamo prisoners from review -- The Pentagon planned to continue the indefinite secret confinement of some prisoners at Guantánamo and exclude them from a promised annual review, it emerged yesterday. The decision offers further evidence for a secret network at Guantánamo, akin to that at Abu Ghraib, whereby "ghost detainees" were under the control of the CIA and not the US military, and never officially entered on the prison''s books. Women’s Actions Against the Occupation in Various West Bank Cities International Solidarity Movement 7/8/2004 On Saturday July 10, 2004 mass women actions will be held in various cities of the West Bank protesting the oppressive policies of the Israeli Military Occupation. In Ramallah, women will be mobilizing in solidarity with the political prisoners held illegally at the Ofer military base – a few kilometers southwest of the city of Ramallah -attempting to communicate with their husbands, sons, fathers and brothers, and calling for the immediate and unconditional... Report: Adalah Demands banning army from stripping the detainees International Middle East Media Center 7/9/2004 The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, Adalah, filed an appeal Wednesday, through its lawyer, Abeer Baker, to the Israeli Prisons department and the government’s legal advisor, demanding them to give direct orders to halt the continuous assaults conducted against the detainees in Israeli detention camps especially in Shatta – Galboa detention camp. US vigilantes ''jail'' Afghan civilians Al-Jazeera 7/9/2004 Three US citizens were arrested on Monday by Afghan intelligence officers in Kabul''s Kart-e-Parwan district for illegally imprisoning eight Afghan civilians. The Americans and their Afghan translators had been handed over to Afghan intelligence agents for interrogation while some of the Afghan prisoners were later released, officials said on Friday. Female Prisoners in Al-Ramla Prison facing daily suffering International Middle East Media Center 7/9/2004 Hanan Al-Khatib, a lawyer at the Palestinian Prisoner society, visited a number of female detainees in Al-Ramla detention camp, which includes 45 female detainees, who told her their stories of continuous suffering, and daily humiliations, and torture. Ritab Ghazi Radi is an 18 years old girl, from Nablus, who was arrested in 19/6/2004, after army attacked the home of her family during early dawn hours, while she was studying for her final grade exams. Twenty Palestinian Detainees Wounded After Protest In Israeli Jail Palestine Media Center 7/7/2004 Beer Sheba Detainees Go on Hunger strike, MP Barghouthi Denied Visits -- Palestinian Council of Ministers on Tuesday decried the Israeli assault on Palestinians in the Gilboa jail where the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) detain at least 800 anti occupation activists in the northern Israeli town of Kfar Saba, following a protest that was violently dispersed, wounding at least twenty detainees. Inmates in riot at Israeli jail BBC 7/6/2004 Dozens of Palestinians have rioted at an Israeli prison, wounding at least two jailers before being dispersed. Reports said inmates used boiling liquid to attack staff at new prison facility at Gilboa which holds about 800 Palestinian detainees. One of the injured was the commandant of the jail, Israeli websites reported. About 6,000 Palestinians are estimated to be currently in Israeli detention, and inmates frequently complain of overcrowding in jails. Pentagon accused of evading Guantánamo ruling The Guardian 7/8/2004 The Pentagon said last night it would create military review panels to weigh the legality of detentions at Guantánamo, in a measure that critics said falls far short of a supreme court ruling that entitles prisoners to challenge their detentions in US courts. In the Bush administration''s first response to last week''s sweeping court verdict, senior military and justice department officials told reporters yesterday that the Pentagon would establish military panels to review the detention of each of the 595 prisoners. Twenty Palestinian Detainees Wounded After Protest In Israeli Jail Palestine Media Center 7/7/2004 Beer Sheba Detainees Go on Hunger strike, MP Barghouthi Denied Visits -- Palestinian Council of Ministers on Tuesday decried the Israeli assault on Palestinians in the Gilboa jail where the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) detain at least 800 anti occupation activists in the northern Israeli town of Kfar Saba, following a protest that was violently dispersed, wounding at least twenty detainees. The main Palestinian prisoners’ association, the Prisoners’ Club, said in a statement Tuesday that at least 20 detainees had been wounded when an IOF elite riot squad used tear gas and batons to break up the detainees’ protest. Palestinian Prisoners Suffer from violations conducted by Druze Soldiers International Middle East Media Center 7/5/2004 Palestinian detainees in Israel detention camps tell horrible stories of violations and assaults they are subjected to in Israeli detention camps, above all, what makes this issue worse, is some soldiers from the Druze population in Israel, who are partaking in these violations. The detainees complained in an open appeal, about Druze soldiers who “made themselves a cheep tools in the hands of the army” according to the letter, and conducted several assaults and abuses against the detainees especially in the past six months. Protesters March on Salem Military Base International Solidarity Movement 7/4/2004 Jenin, Catherine, ISM 4 Jul 04 -- [Salem, JENIN} Today around 100 demonstrators, a relatively even mix of Palestinian families and international and Israeli activists, held a peaceful demonstration at Salem military base to demand the release of political prisoners. The base at Salem is associated with a detention center for the occupying forces that imprisons hundreds of Palestinian males, some as young as 14 years old. The demonstrators held signs that said "Free Palestinian Political Prisoners" and "Fighting the Occupation Is Not A Crime." Women held large photographs of their sons and husbands, while children in the demonstration showed photos of their fathers, uncles and brothers. Judge acquits Palestinian psychologist arrested in Gaza raid Ha''aretz 7/7/2004 The indictment against Dr. Fadel Abu Hin of the Sajaiyeh refugee camp in Gaza reads like hundreds of others submitted against Palestinians in the territories: "The accused kept a loaded Kalashnikov in his house, three magazines, six hand grenades and a flak jacket."...Abu Hin was released following a series of dramatic events in his trial that revealed the weaknesses of the military court system. Most trials in the territories end quickly with plea bargains and without the regular procedures of evidence and cross-examination. Abu Hin is a clinical psychologist who studied the phenomenon of suicide bombers during the intifada and who has a popular weekly program on psychology on Palestinian TV. News Briefs: News from the oPt, July 2, 2004 International Middle East Media Center 7/2/2004 Army shells Tel Al-Za’tar north of Gaza / A resistance group fires three shells at Sderot settlement / Israeli prisoner pours boiling oil on three Palestinian political detainees / Army kills a resident in Beit Hanoun / A youth dies of wounds sustained in Gaza / Army bulldozes agricultural fields in Beit Hanoun / Army erects sand barriers north of Khan Younis / Army: “Soldiers foiled a bombing in Jerusalem / Army wounds seven in Beit Hanoun / Army kills a mentally disabled man in Khan Younis / Soldiers kill a resident in Rafah / Soldiers uproot tens of trees south of Jerusalem / Army bulldozes agricultural fields in Jabalia / Army shells several homes north of Khan Younis / Army invades Balata refugee camp in Nablus / Soldiers arrest 6 residents in Ramallah.... The State of the Prisoners Jerusalem Times 7/1/2004 Palestinian mothers foster released prisoners -- Palestinian women are distinguished for having a limitless ability to sacrifice and give to the cause, driven by a strong sense of belonging to the homeland and people. Palestinian mothers have played the role of mother and sister to Arab prisoners held in Israeli prisons, trying to offer them some of the love and tenderness they have lost. ..Tens of Palestinian women have fostered Arab prisoners over the years, beginning in the 1970s. We met with three foster mothers from Jerusalem. |
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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 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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