AhlulBayt News Agency

source : Iran Press
Tuesday

30 May 2023

6:46:56 AM
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4,900 Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli prisons

There are 4,900 Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli prisons and detention centers, including 155 children and 32 female prisoners, according to the latest figures from Addameer, the Palestinian Prisoner Support, and Human Rights Association.

AhlulBayt News Agency: There are 4,900 Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli prisons and detention centers, including 155 children and 32 female prisoners, according to the latest figures from Addameer, the Palestinian Prisoner Support, and Human Rights Association.

This number includes 1,014 Palestinians placed under “administrative detention”, which allows the detention of Palestinians without charge or trial for renewable intervals ranging between three and six months based on undisclosed evidence that even a detainee’s lawyer is barred from viewing.

The mass arrest of Palestinians is nothing new. According to a 2017 report by Addameer, over the past 50 years, more than 800,000 Palestinians have been imprisoned or detained by the Zionist regime, this figure is now believed to be closer to 1 million. This means that about 40% of Palestinian men and boys living under military occupation have been deprived of their freedom. Almost every Palestinian family has suffered the imprisonment of a loved one.

The Zionist regime's forces frequently raid Palestinian houses almost on a daily basis across West Bank on the pretext of searching for "wanted" Palestinians, triggering clashes with residents.

These raids, which take place also in areas under the full control of the Palestinian Authority, are conducted with no need for a search warrant, whenever and wherever the military chooses in keeping with its sweeping arbitrary powers.

Under the Zionist regimes' military law army commanders have full executive, legislative and judicial authority over 3 million Palestinians living in the West Bank. Palestinians have no say in how this authority is exercised.


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