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Israel: raids on sections and cells of Nafha prison, Muslema Thabet case highlighted
The Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs Commission confirmed an escalation in the enforcement of retaliatory policies against Palestinian incarcerated at Nafha prison, warning that these measures pose a threat to their lives.
Israel: incarcerated palestinian face abuse and starvation in Ramla prison
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Media Office has revealed harrowing conditions faced by Palestinian in the Rakevet section of the Israeli Ramla prison, describing a systematic campaign of starvation, torture, medical neglect, and humiliation.Israel: new prison weapons deployed in systematic abuse of incarcerated Palestinian
Israel is using incarcerated Palestinian as “testing grounds” for new weapons, the head of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club warned, describing the move as part of a systematic policy to escalate violence inside jails.Israel: military database indicates only a quarter of Gaza incarcerated people are fighters
Only one in four incarcerated person from Gaza are identified as fighters by Israel’s military intelligence, classified data indicates, with civilians making up the vast majority of Palestinians held without charge or trial in abusive prisons.Israel: released imprisoned Palestinian allege abuse by Israeli military, prison staff
Detained Palestinian have come forward with harrowing accounts of abuse by Israeli military and prison staff in a new BBC investigation featuring testimonies from former imprisoned people recently released in Gaza.Israel: Palestinian teenager who died in prison showed signs of starvation
Seventeen-year-old Walid Ahmad, who had been held for six months without being charged, suffered from extreme malnutrition, and also showed signs of inflammation of the colon and scabies, said a report written by Dr. Daniel Solomon.Israel: rights group highlights dire conditions for detained people in Shatta prison
The Prisoners’ and Freed Prisoners’ Affairs Authority has condemned the “tragic” conditions faced by detained Palestinian in Shatta prison. The authority described a litany of human rights violations, including brutal beatings, frequent use of tear gas, and inadequate food provisions.Israel: prison guards film abuse of Palestinian detainees
Israeli prison guards are taking photos and filming their abuse of Palestinian detainees, while the Israeli Prison Service says this is a ‘routine exercise’. Incarcerated Palestinian people have reported being subject to violence, and other forms of severe abuse and humiliation.Israel: whistleblowers detail abuse of Palestinians in shadowy detention center
Strapped down, blindfolded, held in diapers… At a military base that now doubles as a detention center in Israel’s Negev desert, an Israeli working at the facility snapped two photographs of a scene that he says continues to haunt him.Israel: the country releases 150 Palestinian detainees amid torture allegations
Many were admitted to hospital upon their release and say they were subjected to various kinds of abuse and torture. “I went into jail with two legs and I returned with one leg,” Sufian Abu Salah said by phone from the hospital.