Detainees held in Itzion detention center and Ofer prison are subjected to intense beat and live in difficult conditions
Detainees held in Itzion detention center and Ofer prison are subjected to intense beat and live in difficult conditions
July 24, 2024
- The lawyer of the commission visited Itzion detention center and confirmed that detainees are living bad conditions at all levels
- detainees are subjected to intense beat and insults since the beginning of arrest and during transfer and interrogation
- cases in point:
- detainees (A. R) and (A. S), who have been tortured and had bruises on their bodies due to intense beat by thick sticks.
- The lawyer of the commission visited Ofer prison and met with administrative detainees ( Yazan Ghnaim and Suhaib Hamamrah from Bethlehem, Anas Obaida and Muhanad Hujaiji from Ramallah and Abduljabbar Jarrar from Jenin)
- the lawyer emphasized that several punishments are imposed on detainees, where the majority of them have been severely beaten during arrest and transfer between detention centers
- many incursions to detainees’ rooms were conducted
- detainees were subjected to all kinds of physical abuse which caused fractures and bruises
- detainees are served with poor quality and quantity of food and suffer from starvation
- detainees are subjected to medical crimes and deliberate medical neglect
- detainees suffer from lack of clothes and cleaning supplies.
