90% of Etzion detainees have been exposed to torture and beating

 

 February 20, 2024

 

 Based on statistics by the Commission of Detainees’ Affairs, and the commission’ lawyer visit to Etzion interrogation and detention center, it has been confirmed that 90% of detainees were exposed to severe beating and torture during the arrest process until arrival at the place of detention. The lawyer of the commission described the situation there as miserable, where detainees suffer from the overcrowding, as the majority of them sleep on the ground due to lack of beds and mattresses. They also can’t close the window as it is made of iron grids, which make rooms very cold. Jailers intended to knock on the doors at night to prevent detainees from sleeping, and sometimes they get them outside the rooms keeping them in the prison’s courtyard without any justification and without taking into account their health conditions, as the IPS pursued ignoring their health conditions since the beginning of war on Gaza in the 7th of October. It is worth noting that the Israeli authorities intended to sentence most detainees with administrative detention, without holding sessions and even without informing them of this procedure.