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This is how the occupation's army let the dog tear and frighten the lad Malek M'aala
M.G Abu Baker denounces the recurrent barbaric attacks against the Palestinian youth during arrest
16/2/2022
The Head of the Commission of Detainees' Affairs denounced the criminal attacks against the Palestinian people while arresting them, indicating that using this manner contradicts all international charters and treaties that guarantee human rights.
Abu Baker emphasized that the Israeli army use the excessive force and torture intentionally against detainees, especially minors and lads, which is represented in attacking them with intensive beat, drag along the ground, humiliation, cursing, holding them harsh conditions, torturing and threatening them. He asserted that 99% of detained persons are subjected to many kinds of humiliation, suppression and physical and psychological torture.
In this context, the Commission of Detainees' Affairs observed distressful and cruel details for detaining the 19-year-old lad Malek M'aala from Al-Beirah/Ramallah.
The Commission explained the surrounding conditions of detaining the young man, indicating that last Monday the occupation forces broke in to an industrial facility in Al-Beirhah, where Malek was working as a guard. He got surprised and they started to put the laser light towards him and then let the dog bite him. They took him to unknown destination and his family does not know anything about him.
It is worthy to mention that M'aala was working as a guard in order to attain the university fees so he can be able to register for next semester. It is another proof that clarifies the ongoing methods of the occupation aiming at breaking the will of our people to build a successful and stable future. This barbaric act coincides with absence of the role of human rights organizations in defending the minimum rights of our people in building their future and obtaining freedom.
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Ramallah: the Israeli occupation Forces arrested (8000) during 2021, including (1300) minors and (184) women, in addition to (1595) orders of administrative detention.
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) pointed out that there are currently (4600) detainees in Israeli prisons, including (43) women, (160) minors, (500) administrative detainees and (9) representatives of the Legislative Council.
Moreover, the number of sick detainees is (600), including (4) detainees who suffer from cancer and (14) detainees who have tumors in different degrees. A case in point is the (81-year-old) detainee Fuad Shobaki, in addition to (Khaled Shaweesh, Mansour Muwqadeh, Mu'tasem Raddad and Nahed Aqraa). The vast majority of them are held at the clinic of Ramlah prison, and they witnessed the martyrdom of a number their colleagues over the years during their detention. The number of martyrs of the Captive Movement reached to (227), after the martyrdom of the detainee Sami Al-Omour who passed away due to deliberate medical ignorance, in addition to hundreds of former detainees who passed away as a result of illnesses inherited during their detention, such as the detainee Husain Masalmeh.
There are currently (547) detainees who are sentenced to life imprisonment, the highest of whom is the detainee Abdullah Barghouthi, who is sentenced to life imprisonment (67) times. 4 of them have been sentenced in 2021: (Yaser Hattab, Qasem Asafreh, Nsiar Asafreh and Yousef Zhour).
The Israeli occupation continues to implement its systematic policy of retaining martyrs bodies, where (8) martyrs' bodies are currently retained: Anees Doleh, Azeez Ewaisat, Fares Baroud, Nassar Taqatqa, Bassam Sayeh, Saad Gharable, Kamal Abu Waar and Sami Al-Omour.
The number of long-term detainees, who were detained before the Oslo Accord reached 25, the oldest of whom were Karim Younis and Maher Younis, who have been detained since January 1983, in addition to the detainee Nael Al-Barghouti, who is serving the longest detention period in the history of the captive movement. He entered his 42nd year in the prisons of the occupation. It is worthy to mention that he was released in 2011 in an exchange deal, but he got re-arrested in 2014.
The report showed that the Israeli occupation authorities continued in 2021 the systematic policy of torture, where it violated the detainees' rights which are guaranteed by international agreements and treaties.
The operation of the "freedom tunnel" which took place on September 2021 constituted an important transformation on the confrontation inside the prisons and on the abusive measures imposed against detainees, the most prominent of which was the solitary confinement.
The report presents an observation for all policies and procedures implemented by the occupation authorities against Palestinian detainees, in addition to the situations of detainees in Israeli prisons, based on documentation and observation works in addition to field and legal follow-up conducted by the four institutions.
Occupation's policies and measures
The report shows part of the occupation's policies and violations that accompany the daily arrests and interrogation sessions, in addition to the breaches related to trial guarantees which violate detainees'' rights guaranteed in accordance with the International Humanitarian Law and the Human Rights International Law, including:
Daily arrests
The Israeli occupation authorities continue to use the policy of daily arrests in an attempt to confront the Palestinian struggle. The number of daily arrests reached to (22) case, the highest of which was recorded on May 2021 and reached (3100) cases, including (2000) cases from the lands occupied in 1948. The lowest rate of arrests was recorded on August 2021 with (345) cases.
Related to cities, the highest rate of arrests was recorded on Jerusalem since the beginning of the year with (2784) cases, including (750) minors and (120) women.
Occupation authorities escalated targeting towns and refugee camps that witness a continuous confrontation with the occupation. Baita Town was a case in point, where the number of arrest cases exceeded (60) cases on May 2021, and included women and children.
Moreover, released detainees were also targeted, where the majority of them have been arrested under the administrative detention.
Violations during arrests and collective punishments
The daily arrests are accompanied by many measures, starting with breaking into houses late at night, abuse and attacks against the detainee and his family. In addition, the occupation forces use excessive force during arrests, in an arbitrary and collective manner. The collective punishment extends to all stages of detention, such as abusing the family as a means of pressure against the detainee during the investigation process.
A case in point is the 18-year-old detainee Ahmad Abu Snaineh, who was shot with a rubber coated bullet that led to the loss of one of his eyes during storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque. Besides, the 13-year-old detainee Omar Ajlouni from Jerusalem, who was arrested near Al-Amoud Gate, and he got beaten on his head during arrest which led to injury in the skull.
Furthermore, the Israeli occupation forces have implemented collective punishments against towns and villages, such as Turmusayya, Aqraba, Beer Al-Basha and Jenin city, by intrusions, raids, checkpoints and preventing people from passing by and interrogating them in the field.
Torture during interrogation
The occupation forces pursue the policy of physical and psychological torture in different methods, which are represented in deprivation of sleep during long sessions of interrogation, handcuffing, beating, slapping and cursing. In addition, detainees are threatened of arresting family members, sexual harassment or house demolishing. They are also deprived of using the toilet, taking a shower or changing their clothes. A case in point is the 36-year-old detainee Jalal Jabbareen from Hebron, who was subjected to interrogation at Al-Maskoubya detention center and was tortured for ten days. He underwent an interrogation for (38) hours while being handcuffed and tied to the chair, in addition to depriving him of sleeping, eating and meeting his lawyer. Another case in point is the 41-year-old detainee Hazma Zahran from Jerusalem, who underwent a harsh interrogation at Ofer and Ashkelon detention centers for (56) days, and got subjected to intensive beat, slaps on his face, handcuffing, hanging and he got interrogated for (42) hours continuously.
Arresting women
Palestinian women are subjected to arrests and attacks by the Israeli occupation authorities, without taking into consideration their health, psychological and social situations. Special Forces implemented recurrent and unprecedented suppressive actions against women detainees on December 2021, where they got beaten and threatened and punished with different measures such as depriving them of visits and three of them got isolated.
There are currently (34) women detainees in Israeli prisons, the youngest of whom is the 14-year-old detainee Nufouth Hammad, and the oldest of whom is the detainee Maysoun Mousa. The highest sentence goes to the detainees Shurouq Dwayat and Shatella Abu Ayyad who are sentenced to (16) years of imprisonment, and Maysoun Mousa and Aysha Afghani who are sentenced to (15) years. Moreover, there are (11) mothers in prisons such as Shuroiq Badan, in addition to injured detainees such as the detainee Israa Jabees from Jerusalem, who is sentenced to (11) years of imprisonment.
The occupation authorities still violating Palestinian women's rights in Israeli prisons, contradicting the 1987 United Nations Convention against Torture, which banned the inhumane and degrading treatment, and also contradicts the United Nations Standard Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners of 1955.
Women detainees live in inhumane conditions, where their rights of physical and psychological safety are not taken into consideration and they are subjected to physical attacks and medical ignorance. They are also deprived of enjoying their privacy due to installing surveillance cameras at the prions yard, which force the detainee to stay in their hijab most of the time.
Furthermore, they are deprived of their right to make handicrafts, in addition to being subjected to abuse during the process of transportation to the courts or hospitals, where the transportation process takes long hours, during which they are attacked by the forces of “Al-Nahsun.”
Arresting children
The Israeli occupation authorities does not differentiate between adults and children in arrests and violations, but it was proved that they do this deliberately and take advantage from their sensitive conditions and the effects of detention on their psychology. This contradicts all International Laws regarding the treatment of children, despite of signing the Convention on the Rights of the Child of 1991, which guarantees a special care for children and their rights to health care, education and social integration.
Children are subjected to attacks and mistreatment during arrest. A case in point is the child Muhammad Natsha who was beaten severely during his detention. They are also subjected to humiliation, deprivation of sleep, threating of harming family members and naked inspection. Cases in point are the minors Muhammad Daa'na, Amal Nakhla and Saleem Jwabreh who got tortured and humiliated.
Children are held at three prisons: Ofer, Damoun and Magiddo in harsh conditions, where they are deprived of contacting their families and their right to education.
More than (1300) children have been arrested in 202, (6) of them are arrested under the administrative detention, where (4) of them are still held: Muhamad Mansour, Amal Nakhla, Baraa Muhammad and Ahmad Bayed, which contradicts Convention on the Rights of the Child that stipulates "children detention should be the last resort and for the shortest possible period of time".
Arresting representatives and candidates of the Legislative Council
The Israeli occupation authorities escalated its violations against the rights of Legislative Council representatives and breached the immunity they enjoy. It is estimated that more than 50% of the representatives have experienced detention in Israeli prisons, and the vast majority of them were arrested under the administrative detention. The occupation authorities also pursued the candidates for the Legislative Council elections, after announcing the holding of legislative elections during the first months of 2021.
The occupation forces arrested tens of candidates, and the arrests were accompanied by night raids on houses, inspections and vandalism of family belongings. They also practiced systematic methods of repression and intimidation, which extended to collective punishments.
The process of targeting and arresting elected representatives is a retaliatory political measure that is not based on any legal justification, and constitutes a flagrant violation of the human, moral and democratic values.
Till the end of 2021, there are currently (9) representatives of the Legislative Council held at the Israeli prisons, such as Marwan Barghouthi, who was arrested since 2002, and Ahmad Saadat, who was arrested since 2006, in addition to Nizar Ramadan, Khaled Tafesh, Yaser Mansour, Ahmad Mubarak, Nayef Rjoub, Muhammad Abu Tair and Hasan Yousef.
Arresting journalists and activists based on posts on social media
Israeli occupation authorities arrested tens on journalists, the oldest of whom is the detainee Mahmoud Issa from Jerusalem, who is sentenced to life imprisonment.
The intensity of the attacks escalated with the confrontations took place in May 2021, and was concentrated in Jerusalem and increased with the arrest and beating of journalists, Guevara Al-Budairi, Heba Makiya and Zina Sanduqa.
Another prominent case in point is the journalist Raafat Abu Ayesh (27) years old from Naqab, who was arrested while practicing his journalistic work covering a stand for Palestinian students at Beersheba University. He was subjected to many violations such as interrogating him for long hours, handcuffed and tied to the chair, and deprived of meeting his lawyer. The occupation authorities pursue the policy of arresting journalists and activists in an attempt to undermine their social, cultural and political role.
Regarding the detention based on social media activities, tens of arrest cases have been recorded this year. The prosecution justified this kind of detention as posing a threat to the state of occupation, because it contained inciting expressions.
Targeting university students
The occupation authorities launched a fierce attack against the university students in 2021, where tens of them have been arrested in an attempt to prevent them from enjoying their basic rights in participation in political life. Through using this policy, the occupation intends to intimidate Palestinian students and deprive them of their right to practice and participate in union and student activities, breaching all international charters and treaties which guarantee this right. A case in point is arresting (35) students from Birziet University after visiting the house of the detainee Muntaser Shalabi, and arresting (100) students during 2021.
The policy of administrative detention and the hunger strikes as a response
(1595) orders of administrative detention have been issued in 2021, where this year witnessed an increase in the number of detainees who faced the policies of the occupation. The most prominent policy used by the occupation authorities is the administrative detention "without charge or trial", which is faced by hunger strike. (60) Administrative detainees have entered a hunger strike, in addition to collective hunger strikes conducted by detainees of Islamic Jihad.
The institutions followed many transformations that accompanied the issue of individual strikes, which is related to holding detainees in bad conditions in spite of the deterioration of their health conditions.
The policy of administrative detention was and still is the most prominent policy that forced the detainees to engage in individual strikes, in addition to a number of abusive policies, such as deliberate medical ignorance (slow killing), solitary confinement, arbitrary transfer, and repression and torture in interrogation centers.
The administration of prisons continued practicing a series of abusive and retaliatory measures against detainees on hunger strike, which constitute part of the systematic policies, in an attempt to force detainee end their strike, such as; depriving them of family visits, prohibiting lawyer meeting, repeated transfer between prisons and isolation in inappropriate cells.
Occupation authorities delay responding to detainees' demands in order to cause them serious health conditions, in which it will be hard for detainees to be treated later.
The military courts were the basic tool to inforce the policy of administrative detention, through breaching the guarantees of fair trial such as refusing to inform the detainee and his lawyer about the charges.
It is worthy to mention that the majority of detainees have suspended their hunger strike after making agreements that determine the period of their detention.
Financial penalties
The Israeli occupation authorities exploit the Palestinian detainees financially by imposing compensations and fines against detainees and their families. There are two kinds of fines: the first one is related to courts and sentences, the second one is related to penalties, which is imposed by the administration of prison illegally.
The average of fines imposed against Palestinian detainees annually is nearly (15 million shekels). This sum is transferred directly to fund the Israeli military courts, army and prisons' administration.
Children were the major victims for these fines in 2021, where they got arrested without any charge. They are subjected to many violations which contradict the Convention on the Rights of the Child, where 100% of minor detainees are sentenced to financial penalties. This act became a firm policy to take revenge of Palestinian childhood and make money. The families of the detainees, especially the minors, are forced to pay the financial fines imposed on their children in order to set them free, and if they did not pay the detainee will be held at prison for months or years.
However, there is another aim of the financial fines which is the collective punishment against Palestinian families, through putting them in a real economic crisis. It is worthy to mention that the Palestinian National Authority has stopped paying the fines imposed on detainees since 2014, to prove for the occupying state that we will not be partners in the crime.
The occupation invented a new means to rob the money of detainees, which is represented in financial penalties imposed on detainees, starts from (200 shekels) and reaches to (5000 shekels). This penalty is justified by (breaching the laws of prisons' administration).
Situation of detainees in Israeli prisons
Palestinian detainees are subjected to different kinds of violations in Israeli prisons, which affect the rights guaranteed to them in accordance with the international standards of detainees.
Medical ignorance and slow killings
Depriving detainees of appropriate medical care and procrastinating in providing treatment are systematic measures conducted by the Israeli authorities to undermine the will and body of Palestinian detainees.
Through monitoring the health conditions of detainees, it is obvious that the level of medical care is very poor, especially with the spread of Coronavirus among detainees. Due to the difficult health conditions in Israeli prisons, tens of detainees have been martyred since the beginning of the occupation, and the number of sick detainees has risen. Therefore, medical care of detainees has become a means of blackmail by the Israeli authorities, where the administration of prisons including jailors and medical staffs have went too far in the methods that increase the torture and suffering against detainees.
Accordingly, (72) detainees have been martyred in Israeli prisons due to medical ignorance since 1967, where there are (600) sick detainees who need intensive health care, (4) detainees who suffers from cancer, such as Naser Abu Hmaid, in addition to (14) detainees at least have tumors in different degrees.
The most prominent medical crime committed in 2021 is the murder of the detainee Sami Al-Omour. He martyred in 18 December 2021 after being subjected to a series of violations during transferring him by the "Bosta" vehicle, and making him wait for long hours before taking him to the hospital. He remained 14 hours at Beersheba prison before transferring him to hospital, neglecting his bad health condition.
Solitary confinement
The occupation prison service did not ever stop using the solitary confinement policy, where it’s the most prominent systematic policies that the occupation system uses to target the detainees physically and psychologically.
This policy is the most dangerous and cruelest kind of violations practiced by the Israeli authorities against detainees, which has become a systematic method, where the detainee is imprisoned for long time individually in a dark, narrow and dirty cell.
In 2021, the detainees' institutions monitored isolating tens of detainees, which increased after the "operation of freedom tunnel", where the confrontation between the detainees and the prison service became more serious. The prison service isolated a number of detainees, from the Islamic Jihad Group, including the six detainees who were able to set themselves free from Jalbou prison last September, this came as a punishment for their actions. Some sections have been turned into isolation cells, such as section (6) at Negev prison, which was burnt in a refusal of the punishments against the Islamic Jihad detainees. 14 detainees have been isolated in burnt rooms without any belongings for more than 35 days.
It is worthy to mention that the isolation process undergo many levels, where detainees witnessed collective solitary confinement, through turning some sections into cells, by taking out all their belongings. This coincides with the incursions and suppression attacks that took place in all prisons. The last of which, is what happened with women detainees at Damoun prison of unprecedented attacks and torture actions and isolating three of them, such as Shoruq Dwayyat, Marah Bakeer and Muna Qaa'dan, which was followed by a acts of suppression at Nafha prison, where many detainees are still at the solitary confinement as a punishment till the issuance of this report.
The institutions also monitored an increase in the number of detainees, who started to suffer from psychological health conditions, due to this policy in comparison with previous years.
Policy of collective punishment in Israeli prisons
The administration of prisons escalated the use of collective policy against detainees in 2021, especially after the "freedom tunnel" escaping, through collective punishment including detainees of Islamic Jihad. This policy is represented in a series of abusive measures and systematic violations, and imposing a higher level of violence such as isolation, preventing visits and imposing high fines.
Detainees faced this policy through organized struggle methods which took part by all detainees, represented in the hunger strike conducted by the detainees of Islamic Jihad.
Since 2019, detainees witnessed an increase in suppressive measures as one of the most prominent tools of collective punishment policy, during which dozens of detainees were injured. A case in point is the attacks took place at Jelboua prison, especially after the "freedom tunnel" escaping, where tens of detained were subjected to torture and punitive measures. Many detainees got injured, especially those who are held at section (3) after the confrontation escalated between detainees and the administration of prison. The confrontation extended to "Negev" and "Remon" prisons.
Obstacles to regular family visits
Family visit is of the basic rights to detainees guaranteed by international charters, where the international agreements included obvious texts in this regards, and guaranteed the right to receive visitors on a regular basis. A case in point is article (116) of the Fourth Geneva Convention, stipulating "Every internee shall be allowed to receive visitors, especially near relatives, at regular intervals and as frequently as possible. As far as is possible, internees shall be permitted to visit their homes in urgent cases, particularly in cases of death or serious illness of relatives".
Such texts remained as a favor given by the occupation authorities to the Palestinian detainees whenever they decide and taken at any time under feeble pretexts. The occupation authorities have resorted to this measure in order to abuse detainees and used it as a collective punishment procedure, where they prevented the vast majority of detainees from relatives' visits, including their children and parents. Furthermore, the Israeli occupation authorities have legislated laws that contradict the core of the International Humanitarian Law, and invented new methods of physical and psychological torture. Family visits were turned into a pressure and bargaining method and a means of punishment based on trivial reasons, which made it a double punishment for the detainee and his family, and a complex crime committed by the occupation authorities against them.
Since the outbreak of the "Corona" pandemic on March 2020, the Israeli occupation authorities have stopped all visits under the pretext of avoiding transmitting the infection to detainees. However, it did not take the necessary measures to protect the detainees in its prisons. Instead, it used Corona as an excuse to punish the prisoners and their families, and to deprive the two parties of visiting and meeting, which exacerbated their suffering and anxiety.
(547) detainees are sentenced to life imprisonment
The number of detainees sentenced to life imprisonment has risen to (547) in 2021, where four new detainees have joined the list: Yaser Hattab, Qassem Asafreh, Nsair Asafreh and Yousef Zhour.
It is worthy to mention that 25 detainees are imprisoned before the Oslo Accord, and these detainees are called "senior detainees", being the oldest detainees in Israeli prisons. On the Palestinian level, they are known as "the fourth group", who were supposed to be released in 2014 under negotiations, but the Israeli government went back on its word and kept the detainees held. The oldest of which are the detainees Kareem Younes and Maher Younes who were detained in 1983, in addition to Muhammad Tous, Ibrahim Abu Mukh, Waleed Daqqah, Ibraheem Bayadseh, Ahmad Abu Jaber and Samir Abu Ne'meh.
By the end of 2021, the number of detainees who served more than (20) years has risen to (112) detainees, including (35) detainees served from (25) to (35) years, (13) detainees served more than (30) years, and (8) detainees served more than (35) years.
In addition, there are (49) detainees who got released in 2011 and rearrested in 2014, such as the detainee Nael Barghouthi who served (42) years on two terms, which considered the longest term in the history of the Captive Movement.
Education in Israeli prisons
Detainees in Israeli prisons were able to obtain many achievements in 2021, including their education. They pursued to follow a national strategy based on guiding each new detainee to invest in his time in prison and develop his abilities, as part of a confrontation method and to protect themselves from the policies of jailors.
According to the latest information, there are (113) detainees who pursued their education and had their BA degree through Al-Quds University and (564) detainees has the BA from Al-Quds Open University.
As for the master’s program through Al-Quds University/ Abu Dis, the number of detainees enrolled is (49), and the number of those enrolled through the University of Palestine in the Gaza Strip is (44) detainees, in addition to (486) who met the conditions of the Secondary School Exam (Tawjihi).
Liberated sperm (freedom ambassadors)
Many detainees were able to make a new life and have children from behind the bars of Israeli prisons through the liberated sperm, especially detainees with long terms. The detainee Ammar Zeben from Jenin was the first detainee to succeed in this experience on August 2012, which increased the motivation for other detainees and their wives to go through this experience.
Thereafter, sperm liberation operations continued, and detainees' wives gave birth to tens of children. In recent years, attempts have increased and the number of children who came through this procedure is (102), the last of which was the detainee Nahed Hmaid from Gaza Strip, who had twins by the liberated sperm. It must be noted that the occupation authorities, as soon as they know of the birth of a child through a liberated sperm, they begin to take revenge of the detainee who took this step, by imposing disciplinary punishments such as: increasing his term, isolating him, and imposing high fines against him, in addition of taking revenge of the children who came through this procedure by refusing to recognize their birth certificate or ID numbers given to them by the Ministry of Interior. In addition, they are deprived to visiting their fathers in Israeli prisons.
However, there are some cases of liberated sperm children who succeeded in visiting their parents inside prisons, such as the child Milad Walid Daqqa, after conducting a DNA test to prove her lineage, and submitting a petition to the occupation courts to allow her to visit.
Changes on the legal and political levels
In this aspect, the report monitors the Israeli political and legislative attempts regarding Palestinian detainees, which affects the rights guaranteed to them in accordance with the international law.
Designating 6 human rights organizations as terrorist organizations
Since the decision of the Israeli Minister of Army of designating six Palestinian civil society organizations as “terrorist” organizations under the Israeli Anti-Terrorism Law of 2016, and following his decision by a military order granting the army a permission to “pursue them and close their headquarters”, the organizations have been exposed to the imminent danger of closing them and prosecuting their employees. This decision came as an attempt to inforce the occupation policy based on apartheid and systematic discrimination, by imposing control over the Palestinian people and silencing the voices of defenders of their rights.
After two months of designating the six organizations as terrorist organizations: (Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, Defense for Children International, Al-Haq, Union of Agricultural Work Committees, Union of Palestinian Women's Committees and Bisan Center for Research and Development), the organization continue to work to achieve their goals in exposing the racist occupation regime and exposing its crimes, despite the continuous obstacles they face in monitoring and documenting human rights violations.
These organizations contributed since decades in activities of the Palestinian civil society, and participated in improving human and detainees' rights, protecting children, supporting women and reinforcing the research, agricultural and economic aspects.
The occupation's policies in Jerusalem
The judicial advisor of the occupation Avichai Mandelblit and the Minister of Justice Gedon Saer approved the resolution of withdrawing the Jerusalemite ID from the liberated detainee, the lawyer Salah Hamouri on October 2021, under the pretext that he poses a threat to the state and citizens, disloyalty to Israel and affiliation to the Popular Front).
Hamouri was handed an order on September 2020 provides for the intention of the Ministry of Interior in the Israeli Government to withdraw the Jerusalemite ID from him.
It is worthy to mention that Hamouri served nearly nine years in Israeli prisons and he was prevented to enter the West Bank. In 2016, his wife was prevented from entering to Palestine.
The occupation authorities continued to implement the decision of the Minister of the Army issued last year, to cut off the salaries of Palestinian detainees from Jerusalem on the pretext that they “receive monthly salaries from the Palestinian Authority, which encourages them to do terrorist actions and carry out operations,” according to their description.
Through the past two months, the occupation authorities carried out incursions to houses of liberated detainees, and confiscated their money and imposed a seizure on their bank accounts.
The Israeli authorities also cut off the health insurance for more than 30 detainees in Israeli prisons and their families, as a means of collective punishment.
They also imposed house arrest on four detainees: Ya'qoub Abu Asab, Naser Hedmi, Saleem Ju'beh and Majed Ju'beh for 3-6 months, and renewed the house arrest for Abu Asab for 3 months, and turned the detainee Majed Ju'beh to administrative detention.
Draft laws targeting detainees
The occupation government sought to prove its racism through declaring many draft laws and racist legislations, which target to impose abusive measures against detainees.
It should be confirmed that detainees' cause face dangerous challenges in regard with the legislations declared by the occupation government and the committees formed by a political decision to impose torture and abusive measures against detainees.
The most prominent draft law of the Israeli government is to withdraw the nationality form detainees of 1948 lands as a racist punitive measure, in addition to a draft law stipulates to decrease the number of visits to one visit each year.
The last draft law approved by the Israeli Knesset with the first read on December 2021 which aims at summoning more troops of the Israeli army to the prison service, in order to inforce the presence of the army in prisons to impose more suppression and terrorism against them.
These legislations came in line with a series of military orders issued in the last years, which increased the risk on this cause.
Robbing detainees and martyrs' allocations
It is pointed out that the war against detainees and martyrs' allocations still continuous, where it affects the Palestinian right to struggle and the right to self-determination.
Moreover, the Israeli Cabinet decided to continue the deduction of the Palestinian clearance tax under the pretext that it is paid for detainees and martyrs' families. This act came as an implementation of the law approved by the Israeli Knesset on July 2018, which allows deducting Palestinian allocations that equals the amount paid for detainees and martyrs' families.
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The commission of detainees’ affairs revealed in its reports on Tuesday, that
The latest developments on the health condition of the Nasser Abu Hmeed (49) years old, who suffers from cancer, as where the prison service and prison's clinic is purposely delaying transferring the sick detainee to get his chemotherapy (12) session as his health condition is getting worse each day.
It is worth the mention that the detainee Abu Hmeed had a surgery where the doctors removed cancer tumor in his lungs last October, where 10 cm of the tumor were removed, and then he was transferred to Ashkelon prison before getting full recovery from the surgery. He still suffers from pains at the place of the surgery, meanwhile the prison service satisfied in giving him some pain killers which doesn’t work.
The detainee stated, through the commission’s lawyer, that “he refused to be transferred to Ramla prison’s clinic (Almarash) to get checkups, due to the difficult and inhumane conditions. He asked to have checkups in Berzalai hospital where it's closer to him.
It is worthy to mention that the detainee Nasser Abu Hmeed from Amary camp, Ramallah, is detained since 2002 and sentenced to7 life sentences and 50 years, where he is 1 of 5 brothers who are sentenced to life imprisonments. Their house was demolished couple of times by the Israeli forces, and their mother was deprived of visiting them for many years.
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the commission of detainees’ affairs stated on Sunday, that the injured detainee Israa Riad Ja'abaas (37) years old, from south of occupied Jerusalem, as she entered her 7th year in prison, where she still experience the policy of medical neglect.
The commission also stated that the detainee Ja'abees, who was detained on 11/10/2015 while driving on the road next to (za’aym) as she was accused with false charges by the occupation authority that she was trying to run over Israelis with her car.
Jebaas’s car got on fire while she’s was in it, where she suffered severe burn all over her body. As a result, she now can only breathe through her mouth, also her fingers were melted and she has several burn marks all over her body.
It was pointed out that the detainee Ja'abees sentenced to 11 years in prison, where she is detained in Damon prison, where she is in urgent need to undergo several surgeries, but that prison service is deliberately procrastinate in providing her with the appropriate medical care.
In the same context, the commission pointed out that the detainee Fayrouz Al Baw (23) years old from A’zarya, is suffering from a leg injury after shooting her by the Israeli soldiers, while arresting her 4 months ago.
She underwent two surgeries in her leg, and she got interrogated without taking into consideration her difficult health condition.
She got transferred to Ramlah prison, where she was isolated in a dirty cell, and then she has been transferred to Sharon detention center, and then to Damoun prison.
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The commission of detainees’ affairs stated in its report issued on Tuesday that the number of striker detainees got increased to 3,after the detainee Nedal Mazen Balout from hebron ,joined the two striker detainees Hisham Abu Hawash and Loay Alashkar.
The detainee Balout was arrested on 29.10.2021 where he was transferred to Askelon prison and then to Ofar prison for interrogations.
The Israeli Intelligence convicted Balout with many charges, without any actual evidence, as he was under interrogations for more than 20 hours, daily in his first week of detention. Also he was threatened to be transferred to administrative detention
Protesting against that, the detainee Balout started his hunger strike since his first day of detention, where he has been striking since 28 days.
The detainee Balout mentioned through the commission’s lawyer that he was assaulted and beaten by the occupation soldiers while being arrested where he still suffers from pain and he wasn’t allowed to go to the hospital despite the lawyers' request.
In the same context the two striker detainees Hisham Abu Hawash and Loay Alashkar continues their hunger strike battle refusing their administrative detention, where it marks day (101) for the detainee Abu Hawash and day (46) for the detainee Alashkar.
It is worth to mention that there are almost 60 detainees who went through hunger strike, In a protest against their administrative detention, where we as a commission call on all humanitarian institutions, International organizations and the red cross to do their job towards this fair humanitarian cause and to prevent the slow killing policy that is being practiced by the Israeli occupation against the Palestinian people.
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The Israeli Authorities arrested (467) Palestinians on October 2021
Ramallah: The Israeli authorities arrested (467) Palestinians on October 2021 including (135) minors and (10) 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) issued a report and pointed out that the number of Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons is nearly (4650) detainees, including (34) women, (160) children and (500) administrative detainees.
The report shows all policies and procedures that were carried out by the Israeli authorities against Palestinian detainees, in addition to situation and conditions of detainees in Israeli prisons, and the fierce attacks against the institutions of civil society by labeling them as terrorist organizations.
The occupation's policies and measures
The report reviews part of the occupation's policies and violations that accompany the daily arrests in terms of the condition of detention and the violations related to courts guarantees, which breaches the rights of detained guaranteed by the international humanitarian law.
The policy of administrative detention
(106) administrative detention orders have been issued on October 2021, including (49) new orders and (57) renewals, where the Israeli authorities resort to this policy as a method to reveal the charge of detainee, aiming at undermining the detainees' demands and protests related to the fateful rights of the Palestinian people.
In 2015, the Israeli Supreme Court legitimized the order of "freezing" the sentence of administrative detention against detainees on hunger strike. However, specialized organizations considered this decision as a tool to reinforce the policy of administrative detention. This decision does not cancel the administrative detention order. Rather, it represents abdicating the responsibility of the prisons' administration and the Israeli Intelligence on the fate of the detainee, and turning him into an unofficial “detainee” in the hospital, and he remains under the guardianship of the “security” of the hospital instead of the jailors.
A change took place in dealing with this order during October, through what happened when the prosecution refused to freeze the administrative detention of the detainee Alaa A'raj despite of his critical health condition. This refusal is based on the medical report issued by the Israeli hospital, which did not confirm the possibility of death.
Another case in point is the case of Kayed Fasfous and Miqdad Qawasmeh whose hunger strike exceeded 110 days. This change appeared obviously after activating the administrative detention against Fasfous and Qawasmeh after freezing it.
To the date of publication of this report, six detainees are continuing their hunger strike in a protest against their administrative detention, and all of them are facing critical health conditions. These detainees are; Kayed Fasfous, Miqdad Qawasmeh, Alaa A'raj, Hisham Abu Hawash, Ayyad Hraimi and Luai Ashqar.
Torture and collective punishment during arrests
The occupation authorities use the policy of daily arrests to confront the struggle of Palestinians and to deprive them of their rights and freedom. The range of daily arrests is about (15) cases, accompanied by storming houses and attacks against the detainee and his family.
This is represented in what happened during storming a sit-in in Jerusalem near Alyousifya cemetery, when the occupation forces chased the young men and prevented them from setting in the place. They arrested many young men and released them in few days, but some of them have been charged of throwing stones and obstruct police work.
The majority of detainees were subjected to beat and torture during the process of arrest, such as the 21-year-old detainee Mu'tasem Rajabi, who was going to the supermarket and got arrested there.
Rajabi said that he has been beaten on his face and mouth and lost his consciousness, and then he had a bleeding from his mouth and got his teeth broken. He added "the forces gone after beating me and then we got surprised when the forces came back and arrested me without any reason, and transferred me Qishle police center. I was held from 10:00 pm – 2:00 am, and they refused to give me first aid". The police released him under the condition of house arrest for three days.
Besides, other cities in Palestine are subjected to night storming, especially at the city of Jenin, where the six detainees who freed themselves belong to.
Arrests based on using social media
Arresting Palestinians on the basis of social media posts represents a punitive measure to detain the largest possible number of children, women and youths. A case in point is the 17-year-old Omar Hashlamon from Jerusalem, who has been arrested on the basis of posting on Facebook "I am not sure of being so long in the world, but I hope I've made good memories that last forever". He got summoned after minutes for interrogation, and he got astonished to be interrogated under the suspicion of "planning for terrorist acts". He got prosecuted in the next day and then released.
Detainees' conditions in Israeli prisons
The systematic medical ignorance
The occupation’s systematic method of depriving the detainees of real medical care and the deliberate delay in providing treatment to the sick and injured detainees are among the most important ways and methods of weakening the will and the bodies of detainees.
By monitoring the health status of detainees, it becomes obviuos that the level of health care for them is very poor. Thus, dozens of detainees have been martyred since the beginning of the Israeli occupation of Palestine, and the number of patients has increased.
A case in point is the 94-year-old detainee Naser Abu Hmaid from Ramallah. He suffered from deterioration in his health, particularly from chest and lung pain, and after a long delay, he was subsequently transferred from Ashkelon Prison to Barzulai Hospital in Israel.
It is worthy to mention that the detainee Naser is imprisoned since 2002 and sentenced to life imprisonment and 50 years. He also has four brothers who are sentenced to life imprisonment. Their house got demolished many times and their mother is prevented from visiting them for many years.
Hunger strike to refuse the measures of jailors
The detainees' confrontation of the punitive measures continues since the "freedom tunnel" act, where the strike of the Islamic Jihad detainees, which lasted for 9 days and included (250), constituted an important phase in the confrontation.
Detainees reached an agreement in 21/10/2021 with the administration of prison to fulfill a number of their demands, such as: stopping the fierce attack against detainees, including the Islamic Jihad detainees, canceling the collective punishments imposed on them since the heroic Operation “Freedom Tunnel”, and returning all the isolated detainees, including the leaders of the organizations to the main sections.
Targeting the Palestinian organizations by the occupation authorities
In continuation of undermining the detainees' organizations and Palestinian human rights organizations, the occupation authorities targeted six of Palestinian civil society organizations, labeling them as terrorist organizations. The six organizations are "Addameer Association, the Union of the agricultural work committees, the International Movement of defending the child, Union of Arab Women's Committees and Bisan Research Center", which are leading institutions in defending the rights of Palestinians against the violations of the occupation and exposing its crimes against detainees and children.
It is obvious that this matter will expose thousands of Palestinians, including detainees, to further violations after the occupation deducts their allocations from the clearance funds, and especially that two of these institutions are directly concerned with detainees and children affairs in the occupation prisons.
Despite the efforts of these organizations on the international level to refute this decision, it is a subject of closure and prosecution. The danger of this targeting is not limited to the six organizations only, but it is a step for the occupation to pave the way to target the rest of the Palestinian organizations, especially those concerned with the affairs of political detainees. There is no doubt that these organizations are in dire need for popular support and solidarity, in addition to international support, where the success of the occupation in destroying these organization means that Israel is able to silent the voice of the Palestinian civil society.
In conclusion, the partner organizations confirm that the occupation's practices against the Palestinian people violate the International Humanitarian Law, which bans the acts of collective punishments and revengeful acts against people under occupation.
As article (33) of the Fourth Geneva Convention which applies to the occupied Palestinian territory, gives the Palestinian people, as a people living under occupation, the status of protected persons under the international law, and confirms the Palestinian detainees' rights to be recognized as freedom fighters, in addition to their rights to health care, food and education, and the right to enjoy fair trial guarantees, the right to family visits and respecting their dignity.
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The commission of detainees’ affairs stated that the so-called "Israeli Supreme Court" refused the commission’s request to release the striker detainee Kayed Fasfous who’s going through a critical health condition; where this is the fourth plea of the commission, amid a state of ignorance by the Israeli authorities.
The commission warned of health condition of the detainee Fasfous, who’s on hunger striking since 124 days, where he is held at (Barzulai) hospital, as he gets closer to death every minute.
The commission pointed out that the detainee Fasfous is suffering from arrhythmia, low blood pressure, and pains all over his body. As a result, this situation puts the detainee Fasfous in a very dangerous health conditions.
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The detainee Miqdad Qawasmeh announced the termination of his hunger strike after 113 days, and he will be released next February
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The Commission of Detainees' Affairs stated that the 34-year-old detainee Ayyad Hraimi in on his 49th day of hunger strike, in a protest against his administrative detention.
The advocate of the commission said that Hraimi has been transferred to Ramla prison after he was in the isolation of Ofer, and he's now held at dirty cell full of cockroaches. He hasn’t received any supplements nor underwent any medical checkups.
The commission pointed out that the health condition of the detainee Hraimi is deteriorating, as he suffers from different pains all over his body, and he cannot move or stand, has poor sight and pains in his right leg and the abdomen.
It is worthy to mention that Hraimi is a former detainee, who spent 9 years in prison, and has been rearrested in 6/4/2021 and sentenced to administrative detention for 4 months, and renewed for additional 4 months.
Meanwhile, the detainee Kayed Fasfous is on hunger strike since (119) days, Meqdad Qawasmeh since (112) days, Alaa Araaj since (95) days, Hisham Abu Hawash since (86) days and Luai Ashqar since (31) days.
The commission of detainees' affairs stated that the Israeli authorities must hold full responsibility on the fate of detainees who are on hunger strike and whom health conditions are deteriorating day by day.
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The Commission of Detainees' Affairs stated in a report issued today that the administration of Ashkelon prison is violating the rights of sick detainees in terms of medical care, where it targets detainees systematically by ignoring their health conditions and procrastinating in providing medical care. This policy led to the deterioration of their health conditions.
The commission documented, through its advocates, the most prominent sick cases in Ashkelon prison. A case in point is the 49-year-old detainee Nasser Abu Hmaid, whose health condition deteriorated remarkably. He recently had a surgery, in which 10 cm of his left lung has been removed, and it was found that it is a cancer and he needs urgent medical intervention.
Another case in point is the detainee Yaser Rabay'a from Ezarya. He is sentenced to life imprisonment and he suffers from cancer in the colon. He had a surgery in the liver and 8 sessions of chemotherapy at Barzulai Hospital.
The last case in point is the detainee Muhammad Barrash, who lost his sight, has hearing problems, foot amputation and high cholesterol. He has been transferred to Barzulai Hospital to undergo medical checkups to his ear, and it was found that he suffers from a perforation in inner left ear and he needs an urgent surgery. However, the clinic of the prison is procrastinating in setting up an appointment.
It is worthy to mention that many detainees in Ashkelon prison are not provided with the proper medical care, and just given painkillers, including the detainees: Hasan Bahar, Naser Abu Hmaid, Zaid younes, Muhammad Samaro, Othman Abu Kharg, Muwafaq Erouq, Mamdouh Amro, Tayoun Abdulhadi, Khalil Abu Eram, Ramzi Barrash and Muhammad Barrash.
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Palestine and Arab states in the Arab League headquarters arranged, on Monday, a symposium discussing the detainees' cause and the Israeli violations against them.
Attended by M.G.Qadri Abu Baker and the Assistant Secretary- General, the representative of Palestine Dr. Saed Abu Ali, the ambassador Muhannad AL-A’klok, the commissioner of the mandatory of palestine, and Primary Adviser Rizk Al za’neen, and from the commission Abd Naser Farwana ,Thaer Shrateh, and a group of the Arab League employees.
The symposium started with a greeting from Dr. Saed Abu Ali, who assured that working on detainees cause is a duty, as they represent a true legitimacy to the Palestinian cause and struggle, and it is time to act immediately to end this oppression and the waist of the young people’s youth.
Dr. Abu Ali denounced the racist occupation strategy in abusing the detainees, pointing out that the Arab League, specifically the Palestinian part to keep up details and updates.
M.G.Abu Baker talked about the Humanitarian situation of detainees, and the treatment of the occupation authority against the detainees has breached all International agreements and conventions, as the suffering increases on a daily basis, and the crimes committed against them are unbearable.
regarding the current situation, M.G.Abu Baker stated that the concerns about detainees losing their lives are getting more serious, especially the detainees on hunger strike or sick detainees who are subjected to real medical crimes.
M.G. Abu Baker pointed out that the commission is always up to date with everything concerning the detainee from the moment of detention and after they are released, as there is legal team to visit and defend detainees, and also provide them with money to buy basic food needs.
M.G. Abu Baker hopes that the next stage will be more promising to support the detainees and save them, specifically at the Arabic regional circle, as its importance in placing the cause on its priority in the international community.
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The commission of detainees stated that the occupation doctors, in Qapalan hospital tried to force feed the striker detainee Miqdad Qawasmi, by giving him supplements, trying to break his open hunger strike, which came as a protest against his administrative detention.
The commission stated that the doctors forced fed the detainee Qawasmi, while he was handcuffed to the hospital bed in the I.C.U section in Qapalan hospital.
The commission also pointed out that the detainee Qawasmi (24) years old, from Hebron, who is still striking since (91) days, where his health condition is deteriorating critically, as he suffers from weight loss, resting heart rate, difficulty in breathing, and pain all over his body. Also he finds it hard to stand up on his feet, and has blurry vision, where he might die suddenly any time.
It is worthy to mention that the detainee Qawasmi is surrounded by 3 jailors, where they deliberately eat in front of him, as he is handcuffed to the bed from his right hand and left leg all day around.
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The advocate of the Commission, Kareem Ajwa, stated that the detainee Khalil Abu Eram from Yatta/ Hebron continues his hunger strike for the third day, in solidarity with striking detainees who are protesting against their administrative detention.
Ajwa pointed out that the detainee Khalil Abu Eram, who is sentenced to life imprisonment, entered a hunger strike last Sunday in solidarity with detainees striking in a protest against administrative detention and he will stop drinking water tomorrow.
Abu Eram said to Ajwa that he got punished by the administration of prison and held at a cell, prevented form family visits and the cantina for two months and a fine of 550 NIS.
He said that the cell has a stinky smell, with one old mattress, and there are no electric appliances.
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The Commission of Detainees' Affairs confirmed that 6 detainees are currently on hunger strike, protesting against their administrative detention, among an intensive deterioration on their health conditions. There are no solutions for their issues yet, where the occupation authorities still refusing to end their arbitrary administrative detention.
The Commission pointed out that the detainee Kayed Fasfous from Dura/Hebron is conduction the oldest hunger strike, since (88) days respectively, and he is currently held at Barzilai Hospital in critical health condition.
Another case in point is the detainee Miqdad Qawasmeh from Hebron, who is on hunger strike since (81) days. He is currently held at Kaplan Hospital in critical health condition. The occupation authorities have frozen the administrative detention order, but the freezing does not mean cancelling the order. It actually means that the administration of prisons and the Intelligence device are not responsible of his life, and turning him to unofficial prisoner held at the hospital, under the guardianship of the hospital's security instead of the jailors.
Moreover, there are 4 more detainees who are on hunger strike, such as the detainee Alaa Araj from Tulkarem, striking since (64) days, the detainees Hisham Abu Hawash from Hebron who is on a strike since (55) days, Rayeq Bsharat from Tammoun/ Tubas since (50) days and the detainee Shadi Abu Aker from Bethlehem, who is on a strike since (47) days. It is worth mentioning that the health conditions for all striking detainees are very bad and deteriorating with the time passes.
The Commission expressed its deep concern on the lives of striking detainees, and stated that the occupation authorities must hold the full responsibility on their fate, and called on the human rights organizations, especially the International Committee of the Red Cross to intervene immediately to stop the unjust policy of administrative detention, in order to find new solutions for the striking detainees before losing them.
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The Commission of Detainees Affairs stated that detainees in various prisons have started aggravating steps, demanding to solve the issue of Islamic Jihad detainees and to return them to their rooms.
The Commission pointed out that the escalation will continue for the next days, where the detainees started to refuse the lunch and dinner meals. Detainees will rebel and go back to their rooms next Tuesday, and all sections will be closed on Wednesday at 4:00 pm till the end of the day.
Detainees also will refuse the breakfast and lunch meals next Thursday, and they will consult different factions to have a deal on the date of solving the problem, through additional aggravating steps.
The Commission stated that the administration of prisons broke the agreement made with the Captive Movement, which stipulates that everything will be the same as before the escaping of the six detainees, maintain stability in all prisons, solve the problem of the detainees of Islamic Jihad and prevent distributing them into other factions' rooms and open new rooms for them in every section in prisons. However, nothing has been conducted till now.
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After 20 days of interrogation and torture at Jalamah interrogation center
The prosecution of the occupation files an indictment against the rearrested six detainees and other five detainees
3/10/2021
The Commission of Detainees' Affairs stated that the prosecution of the occupation filed an indictment to the "Nazareth court of magistrate", against the rearrested six detainees and other five detainees.
The commission pointed out that the indictment included 20 clauses, where the six detainees have been charged of escape; Mahmoud Arda, Muhammad Arda, Ayham Kammji, Munadel Infaiat, Zakarya Zbaidi and Yaqub Qaderi. However, the other five detainees "Mahmoud Abu Ashreen, Qusai Mar'I, Ali Abu Baker, Mahmoud Abu Baker and Iyad Jaradat" have been charged of sheltering prisoners and helping the to escape.
All security charges that were initially filed against them have been dropped by the intelligence and the Israeli police.
The prosecution of the occupation submitted a request to the court to keep detaining those detainees until the legal procedures are over.
It is worth mentioning that the occupation army had rearrested Zakarya Zbaidi and Muhammad Arda near the village of Om Al-Ghanam /Galilee in 11/9/2021, while they rearrested Yaqub Qaderi and Mahmoud Arda in 10/9/2021 in Nazareth, and Kammji and Nfeat in 19/9/2021 near Jenin.
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La Commission des Affaires des Détenus et Ex-Détenus a appelé les organisations de défense de droits humains à travers le monde entier, de traiter la question de détenu palestinien Ayaman Kurd qui souffre de d'un état de santé tragique dans les geôles de l'occupation israélienne.
La commission a déclaré que le jeune détenu de Jérusalem Kurd a fini sa sixième année de détention dans les geôles de l'occupation, notant qu’il a été condamné à 35 ans de prison, en plus d'une amende de 330 000 shekels.
Elle a également indiqué que le détenu Kurd souffre d'un problème dans le système nerveux et digestif et d'une hémiparalysie des membres inférieurs, après avoir été abattu par l'armée d'occupation israélienne, c'est pourquoi il se déplace en fauteuil roulant, il vit dans des conditions difficiles à la clinique de la prison de « Ramla », remarquant qu'il souffre des douleurs constantes, et l'administration des geôles israéliennes lui donne des antidouleurs sans lui traiter et faire un bon diagnostic de son état.
Le jeune Kurd a été arrêté le 19 septembre 2016 au quartier Bab Al-Sahira de Jérusalem, sous prétexte qu’il a mené une attaque à l'arme blanche, où deux soldats israéliens ont été blessés, et même le détenu Al-Kurd a été grièvement blessé, après avoir abattu par 13 balles à bout portant, et il a saigné pendant une heure sans soin médicale.
Il convient de mentionner que le jeune Kurd a 25 ans, et il est un des victimes de négligence médicale dans les prisons israélien, et récemment il a rejoint la liste longue de détenus patients à la clinique de la prison de « Ramla », malgré sa souffrance et ses conditions difficiles, les autorités d’occupation israélienne continuent d’ignorer son état tragique.
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The Commission of Detainees' Affairs called on the human rights organizations not to stay silent towards the suffering of the detainee Ayman Kurd, who suffers from tragic health condition in Israeli prisons.
The commission stated that Aymad Kurd is in his sixth year in prison, and that he's sentenced to 35 years and a fine of 330.000 NIS.
He suffers from a defect in the nervous and digestive systems and hemiplegia in his lower limbs. He moves using a wheelchair and lives in bad health conditions at the clinic of Ramla prison. The prison Service gives him painkillers only, without making a proper medical diagnose.
Kurd has been detained in 19/9/2016, and sentenced to 35 years of imprisonment, under the charge of a stabbing attack, where he injured two soldiers in Jerusalem. He got injured with 13 bullets from a close distance and kept for more than one hour without any medical aid.
The commission stated that the detainee Ayma Kurd is one of the victims of the deliberate medical ignorance practiced by the prisons' administration. He is currently held at the clinic of Al-Ramla prison, joining a long list of sick detainees.
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The head of the Commission of Detainees' Affairs, Qadri Abu Baker, called on the Palestinian Bar Association and the institutions of this field to shed light upon the international legal status of the four detainees who escaped from Gilboa prison, and have been rearrested in the occupied territories.
Abu Baker confirmed that the international agreements, treaties and covenants have discussed this issue, and that there are many articles and texts stipulated the legal treatment of detainees in such case. These articles prevents taking revenge of them, where article (28) Brussels Declaration of 1874, named "draft of the International Declaration on the Laws and Customs of War", stipulated that "weapons should be used against any war prisoner that try to escape, and if he has been rearrested during trying to escape he shall be only subjected to disciplinary punishment or more stringent monitoring, but if he succeeds in escaping and is caught later, he should not be punished.”
In 1907, the special agreement on respecting the laws of field war by Hague Convention, which had a worldwide consensus, and today it is a part of customary international law. Article (8) of the same convention stipulated that "the clause in Brussels Declaration which talks about using a weapon against a prisoner who tries to escape has been deleted. The convention also confirmed that "any prisoner who tries to escape and got caught before escaping should be subjected to disciplinary punishment, while if he succeeded escaping and got rearrested, he should not be punished for the act of escaping".
Moreover, Geneva Convention of 1929 reaffirmed in article (50) on the same text, which was also mentioned in Hague Convention, and amended article 91-94 from the Third Geneva Convention of 1949, which has been approved and ratified by more than 190 states, including Israel and the United States of America.
Abu Baker recalls on all Palestinians of official and local institutions to work hard to support our detainees, and practice pressure against international organizations to protect our detainees by applying the international agreements, being prisoners of liberation movements.
It is worthy to mention that the escaped detainees who got rearrested are: Zakaria Zbaidy, Muhammad Arda, Mahmoud Arda, Yaqub Qadri.
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The Commission confirmed that the captive movement in Israeli prisons with all its political factions will start a real escalating program next Friday, protesting against the continuous attacks against the detainees in the last couple of days, which came as a result of the escaping of 6 detainees from Gilboa prison. The occupation authorities were able to catch 4 of them.
The commission stated that the captive movement agreed on challenging the prison administration, and won’t accept the attack against them, which is conducted to cover the Israeli security failure in Gilboa prison.
Moreover, he commission added that the escalating program will take place on Friday, where they will not deal with the prison service, and will rebel against their laws, where some of the captive movement leaders will go on an open hunger strike.
The commission also stated that the situation inside prison is concerning, and the assaults and attacks against detainees is unbearable.
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The Commission of Detainees' Affairs calls on the media and openly the international community and its Institutions, foremost International committee of the Red Cross to act immediately to end the Nazi acts of the Israeli prison service and special units in Naqab prison.
The commission stated that section 6 is under a cruel attack, where it was attacked by domesticated special units with different weapons and trained dogs, supported by a number of Israeli military soldiers that were summoned urgently from a nearby Military base, with ambulances accompany them. Detainees have been handcuffed, get thrown out and beaten. In response, the detainees burned down 7 room cells.
The commission warned of the shameful international silence, and stated that the continuous escalation means real war inside the prison, violating detainees' lives will lead to a real confrontation with the same level inside and outside the prison. We refuse to turn our detainees into victims to cover up the occupation government and its military services defeat against 6 heroic detainees, who broke a strong security system that was praised by the Israeli prison service.
The commission pointed out that the incursions and penalties included most of the detainees in all prisons, as it is heading towards more racial and retaliatory acts under directions from Israeli political Military support.
Therefore, the National and Islamic Factions and Institutions working in the field of detainees and all people have to support our detainees and to prevent Israel from taking revenge of them.