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Difficult health conditions for 3 detainees in Israeli prisons
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The Commission of Detainees' Affairs stated that sick detainees live in difficult circumstances due to the deliberate medical ignorance by the administration of prisons.
A case in point is the detainee Imad Kmail (55 years), from Qabatya/ Jenin. He suffers from many chronic diseases, such as stomach pains and urinary tract infections. The administration of prisons gives him only painkillers without providing the proper health care. He also suffers from nasal sinuses, breathing disorders and weak sense of smelling.
Another case in point is the detainee Ibrahim Ighnaimat, (42 years) from Surif/ Hebron. He suffers from weakness in heart muscle and needs to install a pacemaker. However, the administration of Remon prison procrastinates in the process of the operation, where his health condition requires an immediate operation.
The last case in point is the detainee Munther Ighbaryeh, (55 years) from Tulkarem. He suffers from obstruction in tear duct, and there is a while material in his eye. He needs an urgent surgery in his eye, but the administration of Jelboa prison refuses.
Detainees' Institutions: occupation authorities arrested (402) Palestinians in April 2021, including (198) from Jerusalem
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The Israeli occupation forces have arrested (204) Palestinians in April 2021, including (61) child, (7) women and (100) administration detention orders.
According to the human rights organizations specialized in detainees' affairs, the Israeli authorities continue the systematic abusive policies at different levels and escalated the operations of violation and suppression against detainees in Israeli prisons.
(198) arrest cases have been recorded in Jerusalem, which is the highest rate compared to the few past months, where the Israeli occupation authorities have escalated suppression and violation operations against people of Jerusalem, especially at Al-Amoud Gate, Al-Aqsa Mosque and Shiekh Jarrah district.
March 2020, including (48) minors and (4) women.
Detainees' institutions and human rights organizations (the Commission of Detainees and Ex-detainees' Affairs, the Palestinian Society Prisoner's Club, Al Dameer Association for Human Rights and Wadi Hilweh Information Center- Jerusalem) pointed out that the total number of detainees in Israeli prisons until April 2021 is nearly (4400) detainees, including (39) women, (60) child and (430) administrative detainees.
The report exposes many policies implemented by the Israeli authorities, such as the increasing arrest campaigns in Jerusalem and the abusive actions which accompany these arrests, the issue of hunger strike that increased in April/ the case of the detainee Sawarkeh, the violation of journalists freedom and detaining them/the case of the detainee Alaa Rimawi, in addition to the issue of the detainee Muhammad Halabi, who is facing the longest trial in the history of the Captive Movement, since he appeared before 159 trials since 2016.
Jerusalem: increase in torture and arrest cases
The Israeli authorities escalated the attacks against the people of Jerusalem in April, especially with the beginning of Ramadan, where Al-Amoud Gate headed the clashes in the city after installing iron barriers on its stairs to prevent Palestinians from setting there during Ramadan. The yard of Al-Amoud Gate turned into a clashing point and extended to the adjacent streets, neighborhoods and towns of Jerusalem.
The occupation forces carried out tens of arrest cases and attacks during the protests at Al-Amoud Gate, and turned into a military outpost by spreading the Israeli Special Forces, army, police officers horsemen teams, intelligence device and wastewater vehicles.
The clashes increased in April 22 , after the extremist right wing Lehava Organization called the settlers to make marches to "defend the Jewish honor". The people of Jerusalem defended the city and prevented settlers from getting to Al-Amoud Gate. Meanwhile, settlers chanted racist slogans against Arabs, raised Israeli flags, and carried out attacks with stones and sticks against Jerusalemites. Racism was obvious in the Israeli police’s dealings with both parties, as they used force and violence against Palestinian guys, while avoiding any contact with settlers.
(198) arrest cases have been recorded, including (106) arrested from Al-Amuod gate, Al-Sahera Gate, Sultan Suleman street, Salah Al-Deen street and Al-Mesrarah. The detained people included 3 females, and 42 minors ranging between 12-15 years old.
Arresting a father and his two sons
3 of Salah's family " Khaldoun Salah and his sons Yousef and Ali", have been attacked while setting near Al-Amoud gate. Special Forces pushed them and attacked them with beat, and then arrested them.
Salah said "I told the soldiers many times that my son Ali (22 years) is totally blind, but they did not care about that and did not stop beating him. They used their rifles, hand and legs and pepper gas while attacking us and then they handcuffed us".
Then, they got moved to Salah Al-Deen police station, and the father was moved to hospital due to the hypertension and was released the next day.
Palestinian journalists facing the systematic arrest operations/ the case of the detainee Alaa Rimawi
The Israeli occupation forces arrested journalist Alaa al-Rimawi from Ramallah on April 21, 2021, due to his work as a journalist, and at the beginning of his arrest and before the issuance of an administrative detention order against him, he was accused of being "an influencer", and he announced his hunger strike from the first day of his arrest, protesting against his arbitrary arrest.
The occupation authorities detained Rimawi in the "Etzion" detention center in difficult and harsh conditions, as this center is the most prominent abuse tool used by the occupation authorities against detainees, where it is considered the worst detention center besides to the "Huwara" center. The harsh conditions of detention caused the deterioration of his health conditions and he was moved to one of the central clinics of the prisons' administration. He then got moved to Ofer prison, and then to solitary confinement, and then sentenced to 3 months of administrative detention.
Many trial sessions were held for the detainee Rimawi, and in his last session, on the 16th day of his open hunger strike, the court decided to shorten the period of his administrative detention order, to a month and a half, so that his administrative detention would not be extended. Later, he suspended his hunger strike.
The policy of hunger strike comes to confront the policy of administrative detention, which the occupation pursues to keep Palestinians in prison under the pretext of the existence of a "confidential file" that the detainee or his lawyer cannot access.
In an attempt to restrict the work of journalists on social media, the occupation started to convict them under the pretext of incitement on Facebook since 2014.
However, people around the world celebrate the International Press Freedom Day every year in the third of May, which was approved after the General Assembly of the United Nations announced in 1991 under a recommendation by the UNESCO.
The Israeli authorities tend to suppress journalists an prevent them from exposing the violations they commit against Palestinians, and also shoot them and arrest them in many occasions.
16 journalists are currently held in Israeli prisons, including 4 under the administrative detention.
The detainees' institutions consider that attacking journalists, being defenders of human rights, contradicts all international agreements and conventions, and violates article 23 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which stipulates the right of freedom of expression and opinion.
Where the occupation authorities prevent journalists from practicing their profession freely, by criminalizing their work as journalists, and targeting them in an attempt to dissuade them from exposing the crimes and violations of the occupation, which violates article 19 of the International Covenant on Political and Civil Rights, and articles 1 and 2 which affirm the freedom of every human being Hold opinions without harassment, and the right to access, receive and impart information and ideas to others, whether in written or printed form or any other means.
Hunger strike is the continuous confrontation method/ the case of the detainee Imad Sawarke
The detainee Imad Sawarke (37 years) from Jericho continues his hunger strike since (55) days, protesting against his administrative detention. He suffers from difficult health conditions after losing (20 kgs) at Al-Ramla clinic.
In return for the continuation in his hunger strike, the occupation authorities continue their refusal in responding to his demands to end his administrative detention, despite the deterioration in his health conditions. there are still no serious solutions regarding his case, and the occupation authorities aim, through the procrastination process, to bring the detainee to a dangerous health stage.
His hunger strike is an important stage in confronting the administrative detention, in light of the increasing issuance of administrative detention orders, where 100 orders have been issued since the beginning of this year.
Sawarke is married and has five children, and he faced many arrest cases which reached to ten years.
Many detainee entered a hunger strike besides Sawarke, including Saed Abu Obaid, Musaab Alhour, Muhannad Azzeh and the journalist Alaa Rimawi.
The intelligence device of the occupation issued (400) administrative detention orders since the beginning of 2021.
Since 2011 and 2012 till this day, tens of detainees entered hunger strike to protest against the administrative detention, including the collective strike in 2014 which lasted for (62) days.
Moot Courts/ the case of the detainee Muhammad Halabi and the longest trial in the history of the Captive Movement
The detainee Muhammad Halabi (43 years) from Gaza still facing the longest trial till the issuance of this report, where he appeared before 159 trials in front of the Israeli Judiciary.
What happened with him shows the crimes of the trials carried out by the Israeli Judiciary against thousands of Palestinian detainees, which is far away from the standards of fair trial. It also confirms the racism of the judiciary system in Israeli.
Halabi has been arrested in June 2016, and was moved to Ashkelon interrogation center for (52) days, in which he was subjected to physical and psychological torture,a nd he was prevented from meeting his lawyer, in an attempt to practice pressure on him to confess guilt.
Halabi suffers from 50% hearing loss and other problems, and despite the international and human rights organizations'' calls for releasing him, the Israeli occupation authorities still continue its crime and detaining and torturing him.
Detainees' institutions confirm that the continuous crimes of the occupation need an assertive stance by the international community and serious measures that force the Israeli authorities to stop its systematic crimes.
Aggressive campaign of arrests is carried out currently by occupation forces in Jerusalem
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The Commission of Detainees' Affairs stated that the army and police of the occupation are currently implementing and violent campaign of arrests against the people of Jerusalem.
The Commission explained that the Israeli forces have committed incursions to tens of houses in Jerusalem since the early morning, and arrested many people and delivered summons for people who were not in their houses during the incursions.
The Commission also stated that the incursions were very terrible, where the attacks were deliberate on all houses subjected to the incursion. They also destroyed the belongings of all houses, where the incursions are carried out by a large number of soldiers and police officers.
The Commission revealed that there is a team of advocates are working in the field 24 hours in Jerusalem to follow up arrest cases against them.
Known people who have been arrested till now:
Jamil Abbasi
Ibrahim Natsheh
Rami Fakhouri
Muhammad Abu Lafi
Thaer Abu Lafi
Yousef Haziana
Majdi Ghrouf
Jamal Ghoul
Storming the house of Tamer Khalfawi
Jehad Qawwas
Obada Najeeb
M.G Abu Baker: I call on the international community to protect Palestinian journalists and media professionals from the occupation's attacks
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The Head of the Commission of Detainees' Affairs, Qadri Abu Baker, stated that the occupation authorities targeted Palestinian journalists over the past few years. We monitored hundreds of violations against them, such as detention, arbitrary arrests, administrative detention, unfair sentences, attacks and incursions, closing media institutions, confiscating equipment and devices, chasing and summoning journalists and preventing them from travelling.
Abu Baker explained that the targeting also included activist on social media, who expressed their opinion, in order to suppress, threaten and prevent them from writing.
He also called on the international conference on World Press Freedom Day 2021, hosted by the UNESCO and the government of Namibia, held in Windhoek April 29- May 3, to get clear recommendations that protect Palestinian journalists, and intervene to release 16 detainees who are still detained in Israeli prisons.
Abu Baker added: "I call on all the international unions specialized in journalism and press to support their colleagues detained in Israeli prisons, and provide protection for everyone who work in this field in the Palestinian lands form the suppressive and unfair measures of the occupation".
Abu Baker saluted and sent his greetings and respects to all Palestinian journalists and media professionals for their endurance on the hardships of the profession and the hatred of the occupation. He also praised and appreciated their national role in supporting the detainees' cause and exposing the violations they are subjected to.
The General Assembly of the United Nations announced the World Press Freedom Day for the first time on December 1993, based on a recommendation by the general conference of the UNESCO, and since then, the anniversary of the declaration has been celebrated around the world on May 3 as World Press Freedom Day.
The date of the World Press Freedom Day refers to the conference held by the UNESCO in Windhoek city in 1991.
May 3 is considered a reminder for governments to respect and fulfill its commitments towards the press freedom, and it is also a day for journalists and media professionals to discuss the issues of press freedom and profession ethics.
Deliberate procrastination and medical ignorance against 3 detainees in Israeli jails
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The Commission of Detainees' Affairs expressed its deep concerns on the increasing use of medical ignorance policy implemented by the administration of prisons against sick detainees, and the constant targeting in preventing the appropriate medical treatment for them.
The commission revealed 3 sick cases in Israeli prisons, including the detainee Ahmad Khaseeb (25 years) from Aroura/Ramallah. Khaseeb suffers from Thalassemia, and needs special care for his case. He has been arrested from his house last month, on the day he was supposed to take a dose of blood, which he takes every 21 days.
He was held at Ofer prison and sentenced to 4 months of administration detention , and then the sentence was mitigated to 2 months.
Another case in point is the detainees Raafat Battat (40 years) from Thahrya/ Hebron. He is held at Jelboa prison and suffers from severe toothache, since he does not have grinding teeth and it is difficult for him to chew food. He needs to implant grinding teeth, so he will be able to eat normally.
The last case in point is the detainee Ali Rajabi (45 years) from Hebron. He suffers from migraine which leads him to lose focus and to be stressed and tired all the time. He also have problems in his eye and needs an urgent surgery, but the administration of Jelboa prison is procrastinate in moving him to hospital.
The occupation authorities release the sick detainee Jaafar Ghanem
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The Commission of Detainees' Affairs stated that the occupation authorities have released the sick detainee Jaafar Ghanem from Qalqilia.
The Commission explained that Ghanem suffers from cancer in lymph glands, and he needs permanent medical treatment.
He has been released at Jalama border today, after a detention lasted for 9 days, in which he was subjected to interrogation.
The Commission condemned the crimes of medical ignorance, which are committed against Palestinian detainees by the administration of prisons.
"The Israeli Supreme Court" refuses the plea submitted by the Commission of detainees, regarding the administrative detention against the detainee al-joujo
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The Commission of Detainees' Affairs stated that the so-called "Israeli Supreme Court" refused the plea submitted by the Commission against the administrative detention order of the detainee Jum'a al-joujo from Bethlehem.
The Commission explained that the occupation authorities have arrested him in 19/11/2020, and issued a sentence of administrative detention for six months against him.
The Commission pointed out that the Israeli Supreme Court has refused 13 pleas against the administrative detention orders,submitted by the Commission since the beginning of 2021.
Moreover, the occupation authorities turned the military courts into a political mean which helps to abuse and suppress the Palestinian detainees during arrest, interrogation and moot courts.
It's worthy to mention that Jum'a al-joujo is from Gaza Strip. He has been arrested many times, the first of which was in 2003, where he was sentenced to 11 years of imprisonment. He has been exiled to the West Bank after releasing him. He got arrested in 2015 for two years, and rearrested another time last year under the administrative detention.
