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Treatment of Prisoners and Detainees by Israel and Others
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Treatment of Prisoners and Detainees by Israel and Others
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PCHR Calls for Investigating Torture Crimes by the Executive Force Palestinian Centre for Human Rights 9/24/2007 PCHR has received additional testimonies over the past few days about civilians subjected to beating and torture by the Executive Force in Gaza City and El-Bureij refugee camp. PCHR condemns these illegal actions and calls for ceasing them and prosecuting their perpetrators, as well as ensuring that legal guidelines pertaining to torture are respected. The Center’s preliminary investigation indicates that in the morning of Wednesday, 19 September 2007, the Executive Force launched a widespread arrests campaign in Beach Camp in Gaza City. Approximately 50 people were detained after 2 members of the Force were shot and injured by unknown gunmen earlier on the same day. [1] One of the injured Force members, Ali Sa’id Matar (18), died of his wounds on Sunday, 23 September. Force members raided several houses and searched them. Detainees in Huwwara and Salem detention facilities facing bad health conditions IMEMC Staff, International Middle East Media Center 9/25/2007 Secretary-General of the Palestinian Popular (Folk) Committees, Azmi Shiokhy stated on Tuesday that Palestinian detainees imprisoned in Huwwara and Salem Israeli detention facilities are facing bad health conditions due to the lack of medical attention. Shiokhy stated that detainees in Salem detention facility are placed in overcrowded rooms and are facing ongoing violations by the soldiers and the administration. He said that there are 29 detainees imprisoned in five small rooms that lack proper ventilation and that each room is barely wide enough for a maximum of four detainees. Shiokhy also said that some detainees are suffering from depression, and psychological issues due to the Israeli policy of physical and psychological pressure against them. Israel practices "discriminative policy" against Palestinian prisoners based on political affiliations Ma’an News Agency 9/25/2007 Gaza – Ma’an – The centre for Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails has condemned what they describe as a "discriminative policy" against prisoners held in Israeli jails, based on their political affiliation. In a press statement released on Tuesday the centre described Monday’s announcement by the Israeli Cabinet that they will release 87 Palestinian prisoners during Ramadan as "pointless." "It is far from meeting the Palestinian standards and needs, which call for releasing long-term prisoners, female prisoners and children being held in Israeli jails," the statement added. Most of the prisoners to be released by Israel are from the Fatah movement, with a few from the Democratic front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). Occupation Forces kidnapped nearly 3500 since recent "peace talks" started International Middle East Media Center 9/24/2007 The Nafah society, which defends the rights of Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons, reported on Monday that the Israeli army kidnapped nearly 3500 Palestinian since recent peace talks started between the Palestinian leadership in Ramallah and Israel. The army also kidnapped more than 100 residents in the recent invasion that targeted Al Ein refugee camp, in the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Hundreds of residents were kidnapped in recent invasion that targeted several Palestinian areas in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. The society stated that the issue of detainees should not be divided, and should be treated as a top priority in any peace talks with Israel, and should not be left to "the Israeli good will gestures". In related news, detainees imprisoned in the Huwwara Israeli detention... A detainees society calls for the release of an ailing detained Palestinian legislator International Middle East Media Center 9/24/2007 The Nafha Society, which is a society defending the rights of Palestinians detainees in Israeli prisons, reported on Monday that the detained Palestinian legislator, Sheikh Fathi Al Qarawy, imprisoned in Al Ramla prison was moved recently to Al Ramla prison hospital. The family of Al Qarawy said that detainees who were recently released from Al Ramla prison, informed them that the he fainted while he was in his room and was moved to the prison hospital. The family, in Nour Shams refugee camp in the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, expressed concern over the health condition of Al Qarawy especially since the prison administration is rejecting to allow him to conduct the needed medical tests. The family appealed human rights groups, and the Red Cross, to intervene and ensure the he receives the needed medical help. Skin infection affects Palestinian female detainees Najeenb Faraj, International Middle East Media Center 9/24/2007 Lawyers for the Palestinian Political Detainees’ Society reported on Monday that on a recent visit to the Israeli detention camp of Hasharon, they were made aware of a skin infection which is affecting women there. Hasharon holds thousands of Palestinian political detainees. Israeli and Palestinian human right groups reportthat there are around 12,000 Palestinian political detainees in Israeli detention camps, including women and children. The majority of these people have not been brought to trial. [end] Palestinian police arrest top Hamas cleric in West Bank Compiled by, Daily Star 9/24/2007 Palestinian police arrested a prominent Hamas preacher in the Occupied West Bank on Sunday, while the Israeli Cabinet agreed to release 90 Palestinian prisoners, both part of continuing efforts to bolster Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas ahead of an upcoming US-sponsored peace conference. Sheikh Maher Kharas, knwon as the "White Lion" to his supporters, was one of Hamas’ most prominent members in the West Bank. He was snatched by pro-Fatah Palestinian intelligence officers as he traveled in Nablus, a Hamas spokesman said. The city is considered a stronghold of Hamas, which is locked in a bitter power struggle with Abbas’ Fatah. Security official Abdullah Kumail said Kharas actively worked to incite worshippers, and that he would be briefly detained for questioning. Israeli rights groups condemn proposed state sanctions against Gaza civilians Btselem.org, International Middle East Media Center 9/23/2007 Seven Israeli human rights organizations jointly warn that Wednesday’s Israeli Cabinet decision to limit the electricity and fuel supply to the Gaza Strip and to further restrict movement in and out of Gaza will exacerbate the existing humanitarian crisis there. The human rights organizations urge the Cabinet to reverse its decision to impose collective punishment on the Gaza Strip -- a grave violation of international humanitarian law. The coalition of human rights groups consists of: The Association for Civil Rights in Israel; Bimkom -- Planners for Planning Rights; B’Tselem -- the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories; Gisha: Legal Center for Freedom of Movement; HaMoked: The Center for the Defense of the Individual; Physicians for Human Rights; The Public Committee Against [Torture in Israel. -- See also: PRESS RELEASE: Israeli rights groups condemn proposed state sanctions against Gaza civilians Na’im asks human rights organizations to pressure IOA to stop random arrests Palestinian Information Center 9/23/2007 GAZA, (PIC)-- Dr. Basem Na’im, the minister of detainees and ex-detainees affairs in the caretaker government, has called on the international human rights organizations to pressure the IOA to stop its policy of random detention against the Palestinian people, describing it as a mass punishment policy. Na’im explained that the Israeli arbitrary arrests are practiced in order to exercise pressure on the Palestinian people not to support the Palestinian resistance and to gain new collaborators with the Israeli intelligence in order to expose the places of rocket firing and Palestinian resistance fighters. The minister stated that the IOF troops kidnapped more than 70 Palestinian citizens during its recent military operation in the Ein Beit Al-Ma refugee camp in Nablus, pointing out that the IOF troops subjected the Palestinian detainees to field interrogations... Mother of Palestinian prisoner dies before seeing her son Palestinian Information Center 9/23/2007 GAZA, (PIC)-- The mother of Palestinian prisoner Ashraf Al-Baluji died on Saturday without seeing her dream of having her son released come true, the Wa’ed society for prisoners and ex-prisoners said in a statement. The IOA was barring the mother from visiting her son for several years at security pretexts and she died without seeing Ashraf. The mother had high hopes that her son might be released in the prisoners exchange deal with Israel in return for the freedom of IOF captive Gilad Shalit but the swap deal did not materialize so far. Ashraf, who has been in occupation jails for almost 17 years, is serving three life sentences on charges of killing three Israelis in 1990. Wa’ed pointed out that Ashraf is held in solitary confinement and is deprived of visits other than being the regular target of beatings at the hands of Israeli jailors. Palestinian police disperse women’s protest in Ramallah Ma’an News Agency 9/22/2007 Ramallah – Ma’an – Palestinian police on Saturday obstructed and attempted to disperse by force a female-led demonstration in Ramallah, in the central West Bank. The protestors appealed to President Abbas and de facto Prime Minister in Gaza, Ismail Haniyeh, for the release of Palestinian detainees. The prisoners are incarcerated in jails run by the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank and the de facto government in the Gaza Strip. The women said that the detentions are based on a political disagreement rather than contraventions of Palestinian law. Ma’an’s reporter stated that Palestinian police obstructed the demonstration on the pretext that it was unlicensed. The police attempted to prohibit marchers from reaching the main Al-Manara roundabout in the centre of Ramallah. In a recent report: Israel uses 180 investigation methods to interrogate jailed Palestinians Ali Samoud, International Middle East Media Center 9/22/2007 Lawyer Ahmad Shawahneh, a Palestinian activist in Prisoners’ rights reported that investigations conducted by the Center on Palestinian political detainees imprisoned by Israel, affirmed that the Israeli security apparatuses are using 180 methods while interrogating the Palestinian detainees in the Israeli jails. In a new statistical report, Shawaneh indicated to the rise in the percentage of arrests up to 200% of previous years, adding that 70000 Palestinians were abducted since 1967, which represents 20% of the Palestinians who went through the imprisonment experience. Sixty thousand Palestinian civilians were abducted sice the out break of the second Intifada September 2000, while 950 difficult health cases are among the detainees and 95%of the detainees were severely tortured. Palestinian security forces attack peaceful demonstration IMEMC staff, International Middle East Media Center 9/22/2007 Palestinian security forces attacked on Saturday a peaceful demonstration in the central West Bank city of Ramallah. A large number of security officers, supported by armored vehicles, surrounded the demonstrators in front of the al Bierah, after which they attempted to forcibly disperse them. Muna Mansour, female Parliamentarian of Hamas, joined the protest and, along with fellow demonstrators, was attacked. The demonstration was organized by the committee for families of Palestinians detained in the Palestinian Authority prisons, and held to demand the immediate release of those imprisoned because of political affiliation. [end] Palestinian "security" detainees attacked by other prisoners Ma’an News Agency 9/22/2007 Tulkarem – Ma’an – Palestinian inmates in Israel’s Ramla prison jailed for "security reasons" reported Saturday being attacked by prisoners serving sentences for ordinary criminal offenses. Sima Anbas, a Palestinian woman who had recently been released from the facility said Palestinian political or "security" prisoners had been "critically injured in the head" during the attacks. She said another female prisoner named Amina Muna is still detained in a cell near the criminal detainees who she says are verbally and physically harassing her. At one point, the other inmates poured hot water on Muna’s body. Muna is reportedly being held in solitary confinement. [end] Hamas prisoner at a PA prison transferred to hospital IMEMC Staff, International Middle East Media Center 9/21/2007 Eyewitnesses at the National Hospital in Nablus city, in the northern part of the West Bank, reported on Friday that a prisoner detained by the Palestinian Preventive Security Force was transferred to the hospital after he was tortured by preventive security members during interrogation. Hadada is also suffering from preexisting conditions such as ulcerand respiratory issues. Five hours after hospitalization, Hadada was moved back to the Preventive Security headquarters, and when his health condition sharply deteriorated he was moved again to hospital and was placed in the intensive care unit. Hadada was arrested at dawn September 13 after Preventive Security Force members broke into his house in Jabal Al Shimaly area in Nablus. During morning hours Preventive Security members broke into his office in the center of Nablus and sabotaged it, Hamas sources reported. Hamas supporters tortured by West Bank security forces Report, PCHR, Electronic Intifada 9/20/2007 The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights is deeply concerned by the continuation of detentions by Palestinian security forces in the West Bank against Hamas activists and supporters, and interrogating them on their relationship with Hamas and the Interior Ministry Executive Force. In addition, they are coerced into signing commitments to cut off their ties with Hamas. The Centre is also concerned by the continuation of torture and abuse against the detainees and their families, as well as the physical and psychological pressure exerted on them to maintain silence. PCHR’s fieldworkers face difficulties in convincing victims to submit statements. In addition, the victims request that their names are not published. The Centre fears that these victims are threatened by security forces if these violations are reported to human rights organizations. Israeli forces arrest Palestinian director of foreign commerce Ma’an News Agency 9/20/2007 Nablus – Ma’an – Israeli forces arrested the director of foreign commerce in Ramallah’s chamber of commerce, on Thursday. Salah Hussein’s wife told Ma’an that Israeli forces stormed her home at 2am and apprehended her husband. Salah had been released from an Israeli jail 6 months ago but his brother, Abu Ahmad, is still in custody. The Nafha association for defending prisoners’ rights considers the Israeli apprehension campaign in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip to be a declaration of war on the entire Palestinian people. [end] A Prisoners Society slams Israeli soldiers’ attack against a Palestinian detainee International Middle East Media Center 9/14/2007 The Waed Society for Prisoners and Ex-prisoners in Israeli prisons and detention facilities, slammed on Thursday an attack carried by Israeli soldiers against detainee Hasan Salama,who is in solitary confinement in Eshil Israeli prison. The Society stated that Salama was attacked and violently beaten by the soldiers who later on transferred him to the prison physician. He suffered bruises and sharp pain in his back, chest and other parts of his body, and also suffered breathing issues. The Society added that Israel is using solitary confinement as a means to isolate the detainees from each other and from their families in order to inflict psychological pressures on them. Detainees in solitary confinementdo not receive regular meals, aren’t provided with sufficient water and are not allowed to receive books or any reading materials. Palestinian detainee attacked by Israeli soldiers Najeeb Farraj, International Middle East Media Center 9/13/2007 Palestinian detainee, Hasan Salamah, sustained injuries when has attacked by five Israeli soldiers. The soldiers, guards at the solitary confinement wing of the Ishel detention facility at Beer Sheva, beat him severely as he was being taken to the prison clinic to be checked by a doctor. His attackers used their feet and batons on Salamah who sustained severe bruising to his back and chest causing him breathing difficulties. Salamah is one of the founders of the armed wing of Hamas. He has been imprisoned for ten years having been sentenced to 45 life terms. Hamas issued a statement accusing the prison’s administration of deliberately worsening the conditions in which Salamah and the other detainees are being held. In it, Hamas demanded that international organizations, including the Red Cross, intervene to... Border Police officer sentenced to jail for ordering Hebron robberies Jonathan Lis, Ha’aretz 9/12/2007 Jerusalem District Court sentenced a Border Police officer to 20 months in prison Monday for ordering several armed robberies of Palestinian shops in Hebron four years ago. David Sehayek was convicted after confessing to robbery and abuse of power. His subordinate, Ofir Eden, was also found guilty and sent to nine months in custody. The court also ordered the two to pay their victims NIS 3000. In the ruling, the court said that the shop owners fell victim to the humiliating behavior of the defendants, who robbed their shops and aggressed them for no apparent reason. "Instead of enforcing public order in Hebron, the two entered Palestinian shops, stole their property while threatening their owners and shared the loot with their fellow policemen," the court ruling said.  Articles
The war on Gaza’s children Dr. Saree Makdisi, Arabic Media Internet Network (AMIN) 9/22/2007 An entire generation of Palestinians in Gaza is growing up stunted: physically and nutritionally stunted because they are not getting enough to eat; emotionally stunted because of the pressures of living in a virtual prison and facing the constant threat of destruction and displacement; intellectually and academically stunted because they cannot concentrate -- or, even if they can, because they are trying to study and learn in circumstances that no child should have to endure. Even before Israel this week declared Gaza "hostile territory" -- apparently in preparation for cutting off the last remaining supplies of fuel and electricity to 1.5 million men, women and children -- the situation was dire. As a result of Israel’s blockade on most imports and exports and other policies designed to punish the populace, about 70% of Gaza’s workforce is now unemployed or without pay, according to the United Nations, and about 80% of its residents live in grinding poverty. About 1.2 million of them are now dependent for their day-to-day survival on food handouts from U.N. or international agencies, without which, as the World Food Program’s Kirstie Campbell put it, "they are liable to starve." An increasing number of Palestinian families in Gaza are unable to offer their children more than one meager meal a day, often little more than rice and boiled lentils. Fresh fruit and vegetables are beyond the reach of many families. Meat and chicken are impossibly expensive. Gaza faces the rich waters of the Mediterranean, but fish is unavailable in its markets because the Israeli navy has curtailed the movements of Gaza’s fishermen. Welcome to Planet Gaza Pepe Escobar, Asia Times 9/22/2007 It is one of the most scandalous instances of collective punishment anywhere in the world in recent times. And what is the response of the high-minded "international community"? It’s the standard "three monkeys" - willfully deaf, dumb and blind. This Thursday, the Israeli cabinet’s decision to declare the 8-kilometer-wide, 23km-long, arid Gaza Strip a "hostile territory" has started to be translated by facts on the ground. The Israel Defense Forces have begun "gradually" to cut the supply of fuel and electricity to the 1.5 million population, one of the highest densities on Earth, 50% of them already living under the poverty line, 50% of them under-15s, 33% of them refugees. Gaza uses about 200 megawatts of electricity; 120 come from Israel; 65 are produced in Gaza; and only 17 come from Egypt. Israel says supply to generators at Gaza’s hospitals will not be affected. There’s more to come: a trade ban, no freedom of movement, no visits to prisoners in Israeli jails, an overall hardcore financial squeeze, and sooner rather than later, another military onslaught. As the Israeli daily Ha’aretz so nicely put it, this is just a "plan to limit services to civilians". Dehumanizing the Palestinians Ali Abunimah, Electronic Intifada 9/21/2007 The Israeli cabinet has voted to declare the occupied Gaza Strip a "hostile entity," thus in its own eyes permitting itself to cut off the already meagre supplies of food, water, electricity and fuel that it allows the Strip’s inmates to receive. The decision was quickly given backing by US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Israel is the occupying power in the Gaza Strip, despite having removed its settlers in 2005 and transforming the area, home to 1.5 million mostly refugee Palestinians, into the world’s largest open-air prison which it besieges and fires into from the perimeter. Under international law Israel is responsible for the well-being of the people whose lives and land it rules. There have been barely audible bleats of protest from the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon ("Such a step would be contrary to Israel’s obligations towards the civilian population under international humanitarian and human rights law") and the European Union ("The [European] Commission hopes that Israel will not find it necessary to implement the measures for which the [cabinet] decisions set the framework yesterday." Gazans Still Struggle Under de Facto Occupation Safwat Kahlout, MIFTAH 9/21/2007 August 2005 was supposed to have been one of the biggest celebrations in the history of the Palestinian people, especially Gazans. Israel was, for the first time ever, withdrawing its soldiers and settlers from Palestinian areas, allowing Gazans to reclaim almost a third of their land. When Israel announced its plan to evacuate settlements in the Gaza Strip there was much local, regional and international hype about creating a new Gaza. In addition, promises came in from many countries to develop the impoverished and overpopulated strip of land and Gazans were filled with hope. Never mind that Israel destroyed the houses in their previous settlements and that only greenhouses were left intact after the Israelis were was paid to do so. Palestinians stood ready to construct a future. But two years later, dreams of freedom and prosperity have turned to dust. First, Palestinians learned that in actual fact the Israeli "withdrawal" could more accurately be understood as no more than a redeployment of troops. The occupation of Gaza did not end. Rather, if before the pullout Israeli jailers lived in Gaza’s midst, now the prison guards have left but not before locking the door and throwing away the key. It depends who is doing the torturing Amira Hass, Ha’aretz 9/20/2007 "But look what Hamas is doing in Gaza." That is the standard response in the West Bank to reports about the offensive being waged by the Palestinian Authority (PA) against Hamas activists. And from Hamas men in Gaza one can still hear that the beating of detainees and the forcible repression of demonstrations and meetings are the result of errors of some individuals, not orders from above, despite the fact that the "errors" are continuing. "The error of individual, in contradiction to policy" is how a senior official in a PA security force characterized, in speaking to Haaretz, reports of the torture of Hamas detainees. Information cannot be obtained through torture, the official said. According to him, Palestinian intelligence has succeeded, in the last few months, in uncovering - without torture - many details about the activities of the illegal Hamas Executive Force in the West bank and about plans to attack PA officials. In the wake of the organization’s takeover in the Gaza Strip, the denials by Hamas are unconvincing. Hamas is known for its ability to compartmentalize its military plans and those behind them. But just as in the wave of arrests in 1996, the PA is attacking where the streetlight shines, namely civilian activists. In these mirror images, one large difference stands out: the acts of repression by Hamas in Gaza and the violation of basic civil rights there are given relatively wide media coverage in Israel and abroad. Similar actions by the PA in the West Bank, however, are hushed up. Who killed our homeland? Lorenzo Cremonesi, Ha’aretz 9/19/2007 Who killed Watan?" cried the dozens of youngsters on the stage of the Shawah, the largest theater in Gaza, as they pointed accusing fingers at a group of older actors waving the flags of the Palestinian resistance movements: Fatah, Hamas, Iz a-Din al-Qassam, the Al-Quds Brigade and Islamic Jihad. Their flags symbolize many long years of struggles, hopes, distress and blood. But this time there was nothing formal or festive about them; there were no calls against "the Zionist enemy," none of the usual anti-Israel slogans. The play, "Watan," was written to grasp the bull by the horns and send a new, revolutionary message. "Enough of always blaming the Israelis for our problems. The time has come for a reckoning, and to condemn those among us who are bringing catastrophe down upon our people," says poet-director Saed Swerky, 37, the author of the play that has set shock waves rippling among Gaza’s 1.5 million-plus inhabitants. Watan, which means "homeland" in Arabic, was a 12-year-old boy who was killed during the Fatah-Hamas clashes that engulfed the Gaza Strip during the second week of June. The play premiered on August 13. Thousands of people sat mesmerized for more than two hours, interrupting the play with their applause during the most dramatic scenes from the civil war: prisoners thrown from the roofs of 15-story buildings; people shot in the knees; militants who used to be on the same side exchanging insults. The show ends in uncertainty. The evidence against the armed men is conclusive, but the curtain comes down before the jury has its say. Gazans still struggle under de facto occupation Safwat Kahlout, Daily Star 9/19/2007 August 2005 was supposed to have been one of the biggest celebrations in the history of the Palestinian people, especially Gazans. Israel was, for the first time ever, withdrawing its soldiers and settlers from Palestinian areas, allowing Gazans to reclaim almost a third of their land. When Israel announced its plan to evacuate settlements in the Gaza Strip there was much local, regional and international hype about creating a new Gaza. In addition, promises came in from many countries to develop the impoverished and overpopulated strip of land and Gazans were filled with hope. Never mind that Israel destroyed the houses in their previous settlements and that only greenhouses were left intact after the Israelis were was paid to do so. Palestinians stood ready to construct a future. But two years later, dreams of freedom and prosperity have turned to dust. First, Palestinians learned that in actual fact the Israeli "withdrawal" could more accurately be understood as no more than a redeployment of troops. The occupation of Gaza did not end. Rather, if before the pullout Israeli jailers lived in Gaza’s midst, now the prison guards have left but not before locking the door and throwing away the key. No mercy in Bethlehem Amira Hass, Ha’aretz 9/11/2007 The five daily prayers helped Nader E’bayat calculate how many days had passed during his first weeks of detention at the interrogation division of the Palestinian Preventive Security Service in Bethlehem. Toward the end, when he was transferred to the interrogation cells at the Bituniya headquarters, he started to lose count. Altogether, E’bayat spent 47 days in detention, from June 30 to August 15. He was released on the order of the Bethlehem magistrate’s court after no evidence was presented to prove accusations that he had participated in Hamas’ operative force in the West Bank. E’bayat is one of some 650 Hamas members who have been arrested by the Palestinian Authority’s security forces in the West Bank since the middle of June, Hamas says. Palestinian human rights organizations estimate that 80 to 120 Hamas activists are currently detained in various interrogation facilities throughout the West Bank. Many of those who were released are afraid to give written testimony about their ordeal, while the rumor mill has it that Hamas activists have been instructed to spread orchestrated lies about torture in detention. Majd al-Aruri, of the Palestinian Independent Commission for Citizens’ Rights (PICCR), believes the detainees were threatened so they would keep quiet. The commission is an official Palestinian institution founded by Yasser Arafat in 1993, and its task is to supervise civil rights in the PA. Its representatives regularly visit some of the Palestinian detention centers and collect testimonies from those detained there, including E’bayat. LinksAdalah 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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