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The
Treatment of Prisoners and Detainees by Israel and Others
Prisoners Archive - December 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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IDF deputy chief Halutz slammed over Shehadeh bombing in Yesh Gvul posters Ha'aretz 12/31/2004 Large posters calling for the dismissal of Israel Defense Forces Deputy Chief of Staff Major General Dan Halutz went up in Jerusalem yesterday in the kick-off to a campaign headed by the Yesh Gvul organization and the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel. The posters bore a picture of Halutz, former commander of the Israel Air Force, and text reading: "Fly Halutz home - restore the IDF's combat ethics." U.S. Memo Broadens Definition of Torture The Guardian 1/1/2005 WASHINGTON (AP) - A prisoner doesn't have to undergo excruciating pain to be considered a victim of torture, the Justice Department now says. But it's not clear whether this revised, broader definition of torture will change the treatment of foreign detainees. The White House says the new Justice Department memo defining torture doesn't reflect a change in policy because the administration has always abided by international laws that prohibit the mistreatment of detainees. Dahlan in Egypt in efforts to release Bargouthi International Middle East Media Center 12/29/2004 Palestinian informed sources reported that the former PA security advisor Mohammad Dahlan is currently visiting Egypt in efforts to release the jailed Palestinian Law Maker. Dahlan arrived in Cairo Wednesday to meet with Egyptian officials to debrief them on his latest meeting with Bargouthi in Beer Sheva prison. Egypt is going to mediate with Israel to release Bargouthi. Bargouthi is jailed in Israel serving five life terms sentence. Three Children Wounded in Mysterious Explosion International Press Center 12/29/2004 JENIN, Palestine, December 29, 2004 (IPC + WAFA) - - Three children were wounded today when a mysterious object exploded near them in Jenin as Israeli occupation forces arrested five civilians across the West Bank including a child and a prisoner's wife....Meanwhile, Israeli forces stormed the town of Dura, south of Hebron province, and arrested a young boy and a prisoner's wife, local sources mentioned....Elsewhere, Israeli forces stormed the town of Betunya, west of Ramallah City, this afternoon and arrested three civilians, WAFA news agency reported. News Briefs, December 29, 2004 International Middle East Media Center 12/29/2004 Settler woman lightly wounded in Gaza/ Settlers hurl stones at Palestinian cars, four residents wounded / Woman wounded in Rafah / Three arrested in Betunia / Two arrested in Hebron: one a child, and one the wife of a detainee / Israeli army invades a village near Salfit / Family farmlands uprooted in Dir Al-Balah / Military bulldozers uproot family farmlands in the northern Gaza Strip / Israeli army invades Nablus, arrests one resident / 1980 detainees currently imprisoned in the Negev detention / Palestinian Police in Qalqilia bar residents from wearing military clothes / Two soldiers wounded near Tulkarem Halutz battles in court for his new IDF post Ha'aretz 12/29/2004 In a High Court of Justice petition filed by the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel, the Yesh Gvul movement and others to revoke the appointment of Major General Dan Halutz as deputy chief of staff, papers will be submitted today recounting how Halutz ignored an appeal to apologize for statements he had made in an interview with Haaretz. International Red Cross Can't See Lebanese Prisoners in Syria An Nahar 12/29/2004 The International Committee of the Red Cross has declared that Syrian authorities have banned the All-Swiss ICRC delegates from entering Syrian jails, which rendered the humanitarian organization incapable of seeing Lebanese prisoners, An Nahar reported Wednesday. It said the Canadian ICRC office in Quebec made the announcement in response to a request by friends of Lebanese musicians Karam and Ziad Murqos to convey a letter to the two brothers in their Syrian jail. Release of children should be a priority Electronic Intifada/DCI 12/29/2004 Defence for Children International-Palestine Section -- Amid the fanfare surrounding Israel's 27 December release of 159 Palestinian prisoners as a "goodwill gesture" to Egypt's President Mubarak, the fate of Palestinian child detainees is all but forgotten. Some 350 Palestinian children currently remain in Israeli jails, detention centers, and interrogation centers. Under international law, their release should be a priority. As it is, not one child has released as part of this initiative. Jordan acquits four of anti-US plot AlJazeera 12/27/2004 A Jordanian military court has acquitted 10 nationals and three Saudis on charges of a conspiracy to launch attacks on US targets in and around the capital Amman. Two defendants, Saud al-Khalayla and Isam al-Barqawi, were released for lack of evidence, the other 11 received prison terms ranging from six to 15 years for possessing explosives....The other nine Jordanians in custody pleaded innocent and said they were coerced into signing confessions. Vanunu Released on Bail International Middle East Media Center 12/25/2004 Vanunu Arrested on Attempt to Enter Bethlehem -- Israeli police released Israeli nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu on bail on Friday afternoon after he was arrested while attempting to join the Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem...Israeli police said that Vanunu attempt came in defiance of restrictions imposed on him after his release from prison around seven months ago after spending 18 years in Israeli jails. Palestinians: Inmate release a PR ploy AlJazeera 12/27/2004 Palestinians say the release of 160 prisoners by Israel is but a public relations gimmick since most were to be released in any case. Palestinian Prisoner Affairs Minister Hisham Abd al-Razzaq was less than impressed by the releases. "These liberations can be seen as a public relations operation," Abd al-Razzaq said. "It is the fruit of an understanding between Egypt and Israel which has no effect on our relations with Israel or the peace process." PPS Appeals the International Bodies to Help a Sick Prisoner International Press Center 12/21/2004 PALESTINE, December 21, 2004 (IPC)--The Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) in Nablus city assured today that an Israeli occupation commando stormed Israeli military Hewara jail, south of the city and attacked physically and verbally the Palestinian prisoners. In a statement, a copy made available to IPC, the PPS reported that the Palestinian prisoners in the aftermath of such arbitrary offensive took a protest measures; they returned back food meals and went through a hunger strike, in a protest against such practices by the Israeli wardens. Medical neglect in Israeli prisons, execution without Guillotine International Middle East Media Center 12/21/2004 A report published by the Palestinian Prisoners’ society revealed that there are at least 950 political prisoners in Israeli detention camps and prisons, suffering of serious medical diseases while prison authorities are not providing them with the needed medication or treatment. “These acts are considered war crimes, they contradict with the international law and the fourth Geneva conventions”, the society reported. IDF to hand Megiddo prison to Prison Service Ha'aretz 12/21/2004 The IDF is planning to hand over Megiddo prison, with its 1,200 Palestinian prisoners, to the Prison Service in the coming months as a first step in what the army hopes will give the Prison Service responsibility for all the security prisoners. There are more than 3,500 Palestinian detainees and convicts in army custody at Ketziyot, Megiddo, Mahane Ofer, and various divisional detention centers throughout the West Bank. The conditions are much worse than in the Prison Service facilities - there is more overcrowding, and internal reports have uncovered flaws in the handling of prisoners. Guantanamo Bay torture scandal deepens AlJazeera 12/22/2004 A civil liberties group has released information suggesting the US president George Bush approved abusive interrogation methods by military officials at Guantanamo Bay. Releasing e-mails obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, the American Civil Liberties Union said on Monday that one detainee was wrapped in an Israeli flag and some were shackled hand and foot in foetal positions for 18 to 24 hours, forcing them to soil themselves. The ACLU said e-mails suggested "inhumane interrogation methods" were approved by President George Bush a charge the White House vigorously denied. Israel to release 170 Palestinian prisoners as goodwill gesture Ha'aretz 12/20/2004 A special ministerial committee approved the release of 170 Palestinian prisoners yesterday in what Prime Minister Ariel Sharon described as a "goodwill gesture" to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, following the release of an Israeli Druze from a Cairo jail two weeks ago. Israel had promised that it would release the prisoners as part of the deal that saw Azzam Azzam returned to Israel after serving eight years in Cairo on spying charges. Israel also freed six Egyptian students arrested after infiltrating into israel across the Egyptian border several months ago. Nobel peace laureate compares Israeli nuclear program to Nazi gas chambers Ha'aretz 12/20/2004 During a visit yesterday, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Mairead Corrigan Maguire compared Israel's reported nuclear arsenal to Hitler's gas chambers, while calling for travel restrictions to be lifted on nuclear whistle-blower Mordechai Vanunu. Maguire, awarded the 1976 prize for her Northern Ireland peace campaign, was at the prison gates to welcome Vanunu when he was released in April after serving an 18-year sentence for disclosing Israel's nuclear secrets...."Nuclear weapons are only gas chambers perfected ... and for a people who know what gas chambers are, how can you even think of building perfect gas chambers?" A Jabalya Citizen Dies of Wounds, Two Arabeh Houses Demolished International Press Center 12/20/2004 PALESTINE, December 20, 2004 (IPC+ Agencies)-- Mohammad Abu Rafei,25 years-old, from the Gaza Strip refugee camp of Jabalya was announced dead yesterday of wounds out of which he was being hospitalized at an Amman-based hospital, local hospital sources at the Kamal Edwan hospital reported on Monday...In the meantime, local Palestinian sources in the West Bank town of Arabeh, south of Jenin City, confirmed that the Israeli troops demolished early on Monday morning houses of two Palestinian prisoners named Mohammad Ayoush, 27, and Bassam Obaid, 29 after forcing all those inside out in the open, allowing them to take no single piece of furniture. Court extends remand of left-wing activist Tali Fahima Ha'aretz 12/17/2004 The Ashdod Magistrate's Court extended by seven days the remand of left-wing activist Tali Fahima, who is being held at Ashkelon's Shikma Prison. The Shin Bet and police asked Justice Doron Hisdai to extend Fahima's remand by 10 days to continue investigating allegations that she divulged information and aided an enemy at time of war, made contact with a foreign agent and was involved in weapons-related crimes. Belmarsh: a new affront to justice The Independent 12/18/2004 The Government's refusal to withdraw its anti-terror laws has left Britain on the brink of a constitutional crisis that threatens centuries of hard-won civil liberties, it was claimed last night. Ministers were warned that their unprecedented defiance in the face of a clear ruling [on the indefinite detention of foreign terror suspects, held at Belmarsh high-security prison in London] by the country's highest court has set the executive on a collision course with the judiciary....Phil Shiner, a human rights lawyer, said: "I cannot recall any judgment of any court in this country where eight law lords have so systematically criticised a government on an issue of such fundamental importance to our constitution. If this government defies the Lords on this they will bring on a constitutional crisis of enormous importance." At Guantanamo, a Prison Within a Prison Washington Post 12/17/2004 CIA Has Run a Secret Facility for Some Al Qaeda Detainees, Officials Say - Under a presidential directive and authorities approved by administration lawyers, the CIA is allowed to capture and hold certain classes of suspects without accounting for them in any public way and without revealing the rules for their treatment. -- Within the heavily guarded perimeters of the Defense Department's much-discussed Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba, the CIA has maintained a detention facility for valuable al Qaeda captives that has never been mentioned in public, according to military officials and several current and former intelligence officers. Prisoners in Jalama jail declare solidarity with Aqsa hostages’ strike Palestinian Information Center 12/16/2004 Nablus - The Aqsa foundation catering for Islamic shrines in palesitne-1948 quoted a Zionist source yesterday as saying that the prisons authority had gone hysterical after Palestinian prisoners in Jalama jail went on strike in solidarity with the Aqsa hostages.The sources pointed out that the Aqsa hostages, grouping Sheikh Ra’ed Salah, leader of the Islamic Movement in the 1948 areas, and four of his colleagues, were banned from daily strolling and deprived of contacting their lawyers as of last Monday. News Briefs, December 16, 2004 International Middle East Media Center 12/16/2004 Detainee deported to Ramallah for two years / Olive orchards bulldozed south of Hebron/ Three arrested north of Tulkarem / Tulkarem refugee camp invaded / Two arrested east of Nablus / One village invaded north of Nablus / Soldiers invade a village near Nablus Prisoner release likely next week Ha'aretz 12/16/2004 A team headed by Justice Ministry Director General Aharon Abramowitz is set to present Sunday's cabinet meeting with a list of Palestinian prisoners due for release, as part of the goodwill gestures aimed at the Palestinian Authority and Egypt. The release is likely to take place next week. The government decision on the issue spoke of releasing up to 200 prisoners, but apparently only 150 will be freed. Political prisoners to boycott administrative courts International Middle East Media Center 12/16/2004 Palestinian political detainees in Israeli detention facilities declared on Wednesday that they decided to boycott the courts which continuously extend their administrative detention without any legal standards. The detainees reported that they decided to boycott the courts starting from December, 19, until the Israeli authorities releases all detainees who were supposed to be released after their detention period had finished. Barghouti withdraws from the race to succeed Arafat The Independent 12/13/2004 Marwan Barghouti, the popular Fatah leader imprisoned by Israel, dropped out of the contest for the Palestinian Authority presidency last night in his second change of heart within a fortnight. In a move which makes Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian Liberation Organisation chairman, a clear favourite to succeed Yasser Arafat, Mr Barghouti's wife, Fadwah, is expected formally to withdraw her husband's candidacy today. In a letter written in his prison cell and read out in his campaign's Ramallah offices last night, Mr Barghouti harshly criticised the Fatah leadership, threw his weight behind his "dear brother" Mr Abbas, and made a series of policy demands of the PLO chairman. 548 children killed since the beginning of the Intifada International Middle East Media Center 12/14/2004 Palestinenet News website reported that Dr. Na’im Abu Al-Hommus, minister of education, described the situation which Palestinian children face as “worrisome” referring to latest statistics which revealed that more than 548 children were killed, 669 arrested since the beginning of the Intifada. Palestinenet stated that Dr. Abu Al-Hommus stated that the 669 children arrested by the army are placed in prisons specialized with prisoners held for criminal charges, which endangers their lives. Section 6 in Bir Shiva detention; darkness and inhumanity International Middle East Media Center 12/14/2004 Lawyer of the Palestinian Prisoners' Society Fawwaz Al-Shalloudi, after visiting Section 6 in Bir Shiva prison reported that the section is considered the hardest and most dangerous section were the prisoners are continuously violated and abused. Al-Shalloudi stated that the detainees are not allowed out of their rooms and cells, which are very small and filled with humidity and bugs, and when they are allowed, the administration bars the detainees in this section to be allowed out of their rooms at the same time. Red Cross to press US on Guantanamo AlJazeera 12/8/2004 The head of the International Committee of the Red Cross has said he was planning to meet senior US administration officials in Washington early next year amid concern about detainees at the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay and in Iraq. "I will go to the United States early next year to discuss these subjects, and others," ICRC president Jakob Kellenberger told journalists in Geneva on Wednesday. Sexual abuse and humiliation of female detainees International Middle East Media Center 12/8/2004 The Palestinian Prisoners Society issued a report today claiming that soldiers and interrogators in Israeli detention camps conduct continuous violations and abuse against female detainees and use interrogation and torture methods which are considered illegal by the International law. The statements made by the society were supported by the testimony of female detainees describing what they are subjected to in Israeli detention and interrogation centers. Qahira Al-Sa’adi, 27, said that she was clubbed and punched when she was arrested in her home in Jenin refugee camp, and when she was placed in a troop carrier after her arrest. Abuse 'continued after Abu Ghraib' The Guardian 12/8/2004 US military officials witnessed the mistreatment of Iraqi detainees at a second Baghdad prison at the height of the Abu Ghraib scandal and were threatened and harassed when they attempted to report the abuse, official memos released by the Pentagon have shown. The documents, which were obtained by human rights organisations, contradict the Pentagon's claims that the abuse of detainees at Abu Ghraib was isolated to the jail and involved a handful of lowly reservists. News Briefs, December 7, 2004 International Middle East Media Center 12/7/2004 Al-Qassam brigades shells two settlements in the Gaza Strip / Army: “lad killed by military fired during training” / Six P.A Policemen arrested south of the Gaza Strip / Three arrested in Tiqua, west of Bethlehem / Two arrested in Bethlehem/ Three arrested in Balata refugee camp, in Nablus / Six children arrested near Jenin/ Female detainees abused/ Closure tightened on Qalandia checkpoint/ Qalqilia raided, at least five arrested/ Nablus raided, several homes topped / Curfew imposed over Al-Khader Syria frees political detainees BBC 12/7/2004 The Syrian authorities say they have released 112 political prisoners under a presidential amnesty. It is reported to be the biggest single amnesty for three years. The official Sana news agency said it was part of an "open and tolerant policy". Those freed are thought be Islamist activists from the Muslim Brotherhood. The head of the Syria's Human Rights Association welcomed the move, but said President Bashar al-Assad should have freed all political detainees. Arab MK: Barghouti may pull out of Palestinian election Ha'aretz 12/7/2004 Jailed senior West Bank Fatah official Marwan Barghouti, widely criticized within the movement for his rival candidacy to former Palestinian Authority prime minister Mahmoud Abbas, is considering pulling out of the race for the PA chairmanshi to avoid splitting the mainstream Fatah faction, an Israeli-Arab lawmaker said after visiting him in jail Tuesday. Barghouti, serving life imprisonment in a Be'er Sheva prison for links to terror attacks, is running neck-and-neck with Abbas, Fatah's official candidate, in opinion polls for the Jan. 9 election to replace Yasser Arafat. Palestinian poll race tight The Guardian 12/7/2004 Two of the first opinion polls since nominations closed for the Palestinian presidential election show a tight race between the establishment candidate, Mahmoud Abbas, and the imprisoned military commander, Marwan Barghouti. A third poll gives Mr Abbas a clear lead. Mr Barghouti, who is serving five life sentences in an Israeli prison, shook up the election last week when he broke with the politically dominant Fatah movement and registered as a candidate against Fatah's official nominee, Mr Abbas. PPS: Israel Uses Illicit Weapons Against Palestinian Prisoners International Press Center 12/6/2004 BETHELAHEM, Palestine, December 5, 2004 (IPC)--The Bethlehem-based Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) revealed on Sunday that the Israeli Prisons service has recently used internationally-illicit weapons in cracking down on the detainees, considering such a precedent as a blatant violation of the international humanitarian law. A PPS statement revealed that the new weapon is a different kind of rifle that causes burns and pains on the body , thus inflicting physical and psychological impact on the Palestinian prisoners. Egyptians Irked by Prisoner Swap Deal Islam Online 12/6/2004 CAIRO, December 6 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) – Despite the Egyptian official denial of any deals behind the release of six Egyptian students detained in Israel and convicted Israeli spy Azzam Azzam, opposition figures and people lambasted what they saw as “wavering on national honor.” Media reports in Israel and the West hailed the “prisoner exchange” as a boost to Egyptian-Israeli relations, especially as it coincided with an announcement on setting up four free-trade zones under an agreement to be signed on December 14 among Israel , the United States and Egypt. US Navy to investigate new images of apparent abuse of hooded detainees The Independent 12/5/2004 Eight months after the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal, the US Navy is investigating newly emerged photos that seem to show special forces soldiers sitting on hooded and handcuffed Iraqi detainees, during or shortly after the 2003 invasion. More than 40 such pictures were found by an Associated Press (AP) reporter on a commercial photo-sharing website. They were posted by a woman, AP said, who claimed her husband had brought them back after a tour of duty in Iraq. German FM Fischer urges Israel to make goodwill gestures toward Palestinians Ha'aretz 12/6/2004 German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer yesterday proposed "confidence-building measures" with the Palestinian Authority. Among the ideas he raised in talks with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom in Jerusalem were a release of prisoners and an easing of closures, "which do not necessarily harm security." "We are for confidence-building," Shalom responded, "but not at the expense of our security." Analysis / Egypt set the rhythm Ha'aretz 12/6/2004 "The most important thing is the big picture, the strategic change in Israeli-Egyptian relations that may sweep through other Arab countries," an Egyptian official said. -- Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak stressed two principles when he briefed the press and national opinion makers in Egypt on the Azzam Azzam affair. Everything was done according to the law, and the agreement was between Israel and Egypt alone, without intervention by other parties or beneficiaries. No Palestinian prisoners were being released in exchange for Azzam Azzam. Egypt frees Azzam Azzam after 8 years Ha'aretz 12/6/2004 Egypt yesterday released Azzam Azzam, an Israeli arrested and jailed in Egypt eight years ago on charges of espionage. In exchange, Israel freed six Egyptian students who were captured in August this year on suspicion of planning terrorist attacks in the south of the country. Israel also said it would consider releasing dozens of Palestinian prisoners who do not have "blood on their hands." Israel and Egypt in swap of prisoners The Guardian 12/6/2004 The Egyptian government yesterday freed a convicted Israeli spy in a demonstration of goodwill which leaders of both countries hope will lead to progress on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In return, Israel released six Egyptians who illegally crossed the border with the aim of capturing an Israeli tank in August. Ariel Sharon, the Israeli prime minister, said that he would consider releasing more Palestinian prisoners in return for Egypt's release of Azzam Azzam. Abu Ghraib abuses known to US generals before photos Middle East Online 12/1/2004 Special Operations, CIA mission in Iraq abused detainees, held them at secret facility to hide their activities. -- WASHINGTON - One month before the Abu Ghraib scandal broke, US Army generals were told that elite military units and CIA agents were abusing detainees and "making gratuitous enemies" in Iraq, The Washington Post said Wednesday. A confidential report by a retired colonel, sent to the generals in December 2003, said Task Force 121 -- a joint Special Operations and CIA mission in Iraq -- had been abusing detainees throughout Iraq, holding them at a secret interrogation facility to hide their activities. |
Another reason for refusal to serve By Uzi Benziman, Ha'aretz 11/29/2004 Silence fell in the hall of the picturesque German building on the edge of Camp Schneller in Jerusalem 46 years ago, as the president of the military court, Colonel Benjamin Halevy, began to read the verdict in the Kafr Qasem case. Halevy convicted eight of the 11 accused in the killing of 43 Arab Israeli citizens who had been innocently returning home from work after a curfew had been declared, unbeknownst to them. Because of the gravity of their acts, the accused were sentenced to between seven and 17 years in prison. The friendly atmosphere between the prosecution and the defense, especially during recesses, gave way to shock and dismay. The military judicial authority had seemingly created an iron-clad rule that is part and parcel of the state and the Israel Defense Forces to this day: Soldiers must refuse an order that is patently illegal; those who do not expose themselves to severe penalties. In 1958, when the verdict was given in the Kafr Qasem case, the court assumed that the meaning of the word "patently" was clear. From then on, an illegal order could be easily identified, with no doubt as to its prohibitive nature. The reality of the last four years attests to the fact that this assumption is becoming increasingly baseless. There is debate now over whether the shooting a 13-year-old Palestinian girl who happened innocently into a no-pass zone by virtue of an IDF decision (just like in Kafr Qasem in `56) constitutes obedience to a patently illegal order that has "a black flag flying over it" (as the court formulated it) - or whether it is carrying out a legal and even legitimate order.
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