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| Human Rights |
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The
Treatment of Prisoners and Detainees by Israel and Others
Prisoners Archive - October 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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Underage prisoners suffer from lack of medical attention Jerusalem Times 10/30/2003 The Palestinian Ministry of detained and released prisoners’ Affairs issued lately a report showing that the sick detained Palestinian children in the Israeli occupation prisons are living in a miserable conditions, in which they are denied necessary medical attention and necessary treatment, that might affect and endanger their lives if they are not treated on time....The Ministry clarified in its latest statistics that 41% of the detained sick children were injured as a result of torture during investigation inside the Israeli prisons and due also to the severe hard arrests and unhealthy conditions they are living in. Palestinian juvenile detainees suffer humiliation and torture Palestinian Information Center 10/23/2003 Bethlehem - The Palestinian prisoner’s club has said that the number of Palestinian juvenile detainees in the Zionist occupation jail of Atsion had risen to 13 due to the continuing occupation army’s campaign of arrests. The club quoted those juveniles as complaining of constant torture, beatings and insults at time of arrest. Palestinian Prisoners Speak Out Inhuman Conditions in Solitary Ward of Al Ramlah Prison International Press Center 10/6/2003 GAZA, OCT6 ,2003 , (IPC) _A handful of Palestinian prisoners in solitary confinement inside "Al Ramlah" prison, northwest of occupied Jerusalem, had spoken out their beyond belief solitary situations. In the affidavit forwarded to the solicitor of Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS), Fahmi Al Ewewy, by Nasser Oweis, Mu’taz Hejazi and Mossa Dudeen, who disclosed the torture and maltreatment the Palestinian prisoners undergo. Affidavit of Mu’taz Hejazi, 21, from occupied Jerusalem:Prisoner Hejazi said that he lives in solitary confinement cell No. (11) in "Al Ramlah" prison, which is rife with perilous insects, sweltering heat and stench smells, besides, there''re no windows for ventilation. |
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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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