Fascist practices in Ofer prison leads detainees to prefer death over life

July 28, 2024

The lawyer of the commission confirmed, after a visit to Ofer prison on July 24, 2024, that the administration of prison pursues its fierce campaign against detainees since last October, and invented new measures to crack down on detainees.
In this context, we present the following information:

1. There are 7 attempts of suicide due to the bad detention conditions, the brutality of jailers, and targeting them by the policy of starvation and medical neglect
2. ⁠detainees are exposed to intense beat during arrest and in custody, especially if they are late or do not wake up on time (4:00 am).
3. ⁠one of the detainees had burns during taking shower, due to the extreme hot water. He did not receive medical care which forced him to use toothpaste on the burns. It is worth mentioning that the administration of prison controls the temperature of water remotely.
4. ⁠detainee Amro Abu Khalil suffers from cancer and is receiving chemotherapy. His treatment was canceled and he was subjected to intense beat and returned to prison.
5. ⁠detainee Basheer Zaghloul Qasem Khatib, 38, from Birzeit/ Ramallah, was exposed to harsh beat during arrest. He lost 12 kgs since his detention on February 18, 2023.
6. ⁠rooms of the canteen, laundry and counting were turned into cells
7. ⁠11 detainees are held in the same room, 5 of them sleep on the ground and the rest sleep on iron beds. They lack the minimum life elements of clothes, blankets and food.

Commission of Detainees’ Affairs publishes the details of detention and health conditions of detainee Tareq Abu Al-Rob

May 12, 2024

The Commission of Detainees’ Affairs stated in a report issued today that detainee Tareq Zeyad Abu Al-Rob, 23, from Qabatya/ Jenin, was shot in the abdomen during his arrest by special forces.

The commission’s lawyer quoted the detainee “the occupation’s forces invaded the house in 26/11/2023 and shot me with cold blood, I fell to the ground but they didn’t provide first aid and asked me to head towards them. They arrested me and transferred me to a hospital in Alkhdaira for one day, where I underwent a surgery in the urinary tract and a surgery in the intestines, I remained handcuffed to the bed, and then I was moved to Ramla prison, in which I remained 50 days. They didn’t provide me with medical care and gave me painkillers despite my severe pain”.

Abu Al-Rob was transferred to Megiddo prison in 16/1/2024, where he goes to the clinic on a regular basis and his health condition is stable.

He has a court hearing in 10/7/2024, and it is noteworthy that he is former detainee who spent two years in prison. His brother, Muhammad Abu Al- Rob is also a detainee who is sentenced to life imprisonment, detained since 2017 and currently held in Jelboa prison.