Ramallah: the occupation authorities arrested (551) Palestinians from the occupied Palestinian territories during October 2018,

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 including (74) minors and (15) females.

Detainees and Human Rights Organizations (the Commission of

Detainees' Affairs, the Palestinian Society Prisoner's Club and

Aldameer Association for Human Rights) pointed out through a

fact sheet issued today that the occupation authorities arrested

(91) citizens from Jerusalem, (61) from Ramallah and Al-Bereh,

(75) from Hebron, (44) from Jenin, (26) from Bethlehem, (45)

from Nablus, (100) from Tulkarem, (28) from Qalqilia, (10)

from Tubas, (9) from Salfit, (10) from Jericho and (12) from

Gaza Strip.

The number of detainees in Israeli jails until October 31, 2018 is

about (6000) detainees, including (52) females, (270) minors

and (430) administrative detainees.

Collective punishment against the Na'alweh's family

Occupation forces still impose a series of collective punishments

against the family of Ashraf Na'alweh from Shwaikeh/

Tulkarem, who is accused of performing "Burkan" attack on

October 7, 2018. Occupation forces are imposing a siege at the

Shwaikeh neighborhood since a month, and break in the area

every day. They arrested (100) citizens form Tulkarem during

October including (11) females.

Other than that, the occupation forces tightened its measures on

checkpoints and towns surrounding Shwaikeh neighborhood, in

addition to the daily storming carried out to inspect people's

houses in the area and other arbitrary procedures that come as a

part of collective punishments practiced by the occupation

forces.

From the perspective of human rights organizations, the

occupation forces take the attack of "Burkan" as an excuse to

impose collective punishment, which is banned in accordance

with article (33) of the Fourth Geneva Convention. There is a

possibility of activating procedures that allow using the most

severe torture against detainees from the family and friends of

Ashraf under the pretext of having information that may help to arrest him.

The contracting parties at the Fourth Geneva Convention call

upon obliging Israel to respect the International Humanitarian

Law and to hold it accountable for the violations and collective

punishments committed against citizens in the occupied Palestinian territories.

Administrative Detention

The military leader issued a new administrative detention order

against the deputy in the Legislative Council Khalida Jarrar for

four months ending in February 28, 2019, where this is the

fourth administrative detention order against Jarrar.

The occupation forces arrested Jarrar from her house in

Ramallah on June 2, 2017, knowing that she was elected as a

member in the Legislative Council since 2006, and was

appointed as a chairman of Detainees Committee at the council.

She is a leading figure in the Palestinian society and a mother of two daughters.

Solitary confinement… the occupation's weapon to abuse detainees psychologically and physically

Solitary confinement for long periods aims at humiliating

detainees, as what happened with the detainee Ibrahim al-Ra'I

on 11/4/1988, who was killed after solitary confinement for nine months.

The occupation's intelligence still isolates the detainee Ibrahim al- Arooj (33 years old) from Bethlehem in difficult conditions.

During his visit by the lawyer he said that he's deprived of family visits and that he's prevented from going out to the

prison's yard without being handcuffed. Whenever he goes to

the clinic or being moved to isolation he must be handcuffed. In

addition, he suffers from the inspections to his cell and

damaging his belongings. The commission also documented the

cruel treatment he was subjected to recently during his transfer

to the Tselmon crossing border to attend the court.

It is worthy to mention that the detainee al- Arooj is the oldest

administrative detainee from Bethlehem, and he is jailed without

a charge since January 25, 2016.

Female detainees at "Hasharon" continue their strike during October

Female detainees at "Hasharon" continue their strike which is

represented in abstaining from going out to the prison's yard, in

a protest against operating cameras in the yard.

The prison administration did not cease to violate the privacy of

female detainees, but they impose humiliating penalties against

them such as depriving some family members of the visit,

preventing them from using hot water and treating them in a bad

manner by the doctors of the clinic.

In support of the females strike, four detainees at Hadareem

prison announced their open hunger strike: Khalil Abu Eram,

Kefah Hattab, Abdulrahman Abu Lebdeh and Ahmad al-Ser.

After more than 50 days of strike, the prison administration

transferred them to Al Damon prison.