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The
Treatment of Prisoners and Detainees by Israel and Others
Prisoners Archive - August 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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The Current Status of Palestinian Child Detainees in Israeli Jails Palestine Media Center 8/24/2003 Key Figures: At least 2000 children has been detained since the beginning of the second Intifada. / 5% of total Palestinian detainees and prisoners are children under age 18. / 8% of child detainees are held without trial and without charges. / 215 children are pending trial. / 44% of child detainees age 16-17 years. / 50% of child detainees come from areas with highly visible Israeli military presence. / 80% of detained children were subjected to torture. / 11% of detained children suffer psycho-physical problems. Background: Since the 1967 occupation, the Israeli Occupation Authorities used the Israeli legal instruments in a manner, which beaches the International norms and regulations. The Israeli Authorities always justify its illegal procedures against Palestinians through enacting military orders, which regulate the detention process in the Palestinian Occupied Territories. 80% of the Palestinian Minor Prisoners are Tortured in Israeli Jails International Press Center 8/25/2003 Al BIRAH, Palestine, August 25, 2003 (IPC + Agencies)- - Ever since the eruption of Al Aqsa Intifada on September 28, 2000, the Israeli occupation forces intensified its arrest campaign targeting the Palestinian minors (below 18 years of age). 80 % of the Palestinian children prisoners were exposed to all form of torture, a report by the Palestinian Ministry of Prisoners Affairs said on Saturday. Prisoners in Isolation Sections in Shata, B’r As-sab’ and ‘Iloul Announced Open Hunger Strike International Middle East Media Center 8/21/2003 Today, the isolated prisoners in Shata’s jails, B’r As-saba’ and Ailoul announced opened hunger strikes to achieve their just demands. In a letter sent to Jerusalem, the prisoners in isolation cells ensured that they decided to begin their protest to be released after the prison administration refused to listen to their demands. The prisoners said that their conditions are extremely poor and their situation complicated due to the systematic attack of the jail’s administration. The most recent attack was the torture of the prisoners Hani Jabber and ‘Ahmad Shukri, in addition to refusing them their legal rights. Khiam prisoners group: Female ex-detainees being marginalized Daily Star 8/20/2003 A statement by Khiam Rehabilitation Center for the Victims of Torture Tuesday said that female detainees who had been released felt they were marginalized and victims of degraded opinions of women. The statement added that released female detainees said they would be freed when they are liberated from terror, violence, and torture. The secretary-general of the Follow-up Committee for the Support of Detainees in Israeli Prisons, Mohammed Safa, said female detainees who had been released were not given their moral and social rights despite their sacrifices for the country and called on them to confront violence, discrimination, and the marginalization of women, the statement said. The Israeli Supreme Court approves order denying Palestinian detainee access to legal representation Palestinian Centre for Human Rights 8/18/2003 In another instance of the Israeli General Security Service (GSS) and the Israeli Supreme Court’s involvement in violations of the rights of Palestinian detainees in Israeli jails, the Israeli Supreme Court rejected a request submitted by PCHR to cancel an order that has denied a Palestinian detainee access to his lawyer.PCHR is concerned that the detainee, Mohammed Rajab Mohammed Timraz, 33, from Deir al-Balah, may have been subjected to torture by the GSS interrogators. ''Tourture in Israel has again become routine'' Ha''aretz 8/18/2003 A report released yesterday by the Public Committee Against Torture claims that the use of torture in the interrogation ofPalestinian suspects has increased significantly over the past two years. Hundreds of Palestinians were subject to Shin Bet security service interrogations defined as torture, inhumane or humiliating during each of the first six months of the year, compared to dozens in September 2001, the human rights group said. Report by the PCATI Reveals a Sharp Rise in the Torture and Ill Treatment of Palestinian Detainees in GSS Interrogation in 2003 Public Committee Against Torture in Israel - PCATI 8/18/2003 The Attorney General grants - wholesale, and with no exception – the ‘necessity defense’ approval for every single case of torture. This report is a follow-up to previous reports issued by the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel, and is the result of a comprehensive study conducted by PCATI. The report determines that since the beginning of 2003 there has been a sharp rise in the torture, ill treatment, humiliation and incarceration in inhuman conditions of Palestinian detainees by the GSS. |
Human Rights vs. Security: The B’Tselem Challenge By Chris Sands, Palestine Chronicle 8/19/2003 B’Tselem’s Fight for Human Rights Where Only ‘Security’ Matters -- JERUSALEM, (PC) - Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip is built upon the premise that Palestinians have almost no human rights. Under the guise of security, people are regularly killed, injured, tortured, imprisoned and told they cannot move from one area to another. This means B’Tselem, the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, plays an essential role in highlighting the plight of Palestinians. Noam Hoffstater, a spokesperson for the organisation, said: “We are public servants in that sense because the public has a right to know what is happening and it has a duty to know.” B’Tselem was established in 1989 by a group of attorneys, journalists, academics and Knesset members. The organisation’s main role is to document the human rights abuses that occur regularly inside Gaza and the West Bank. This work is becoming more important with each passing day as, according to Mr Hoffstater, Palestinians are now suffering in ways they never have before. He said: “Let’s take investigations into shootings, for example. In the first Intifada any incident in which a Palestinian was killed immediately led to an investigation. “Now the army stance says that this Intifada is defined differently legally by the Israeli state so they do not have to open an investigation every time someone is killed.”
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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 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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