Latest updates on detainees’ conditions

August 18, 2024

🔴 The Commission of Detainees’ Affairs stated that section “24” in Ofer prison was emptied and several administrative detainees have been transferred to other prisons, where all detainees have been subjected to torture and beat many times. Some of them stated that they were severely beaten during their way to visitation room.
- the lawyer confirmed that the general conditions in the prison are still difficult and complicated, where they are provided with water for 45 minutes, electricity is cut off from 10:00 p.m and the provided food is poor in quantity and quality.
🔴 The lawyer of the commission stated that detainee Mahmoud Haj, 22, from Bait Seera/ Ramallah, was exposed to brutal attack by jailers and investigators in Almaskoubya detention center, claiming that he attacked a jailer.
- the detainee has been undergoing continuous interrogation since his arrest on July 8, under allegations of weapons possession and involvement in a shooting near his town, where he completely denies the accusations.
- Detainee explained, “The interrogator came close to my face and started to shout. I turned my head, and his face accidentally hit my nose. Then, a group of interrogators arrived, dragged me out of the interrogation room , and began to beat me on my back and body. I was transferred to the prison’s clinic and then to a detention room, where i remained shackled and deprived of food and water for 40 hours.

🔴 The lawyer of the commission visited detainee Mazen Qadi, 44, from Albirah, who is detained since 2002, sentenced to life imprisonment and held in the isolation of Remonim prison.
- the detainee confirmed that he received bad treatment after transferring him from Alramla isolation to Remonim isolation, where he was handcuffed and forced to sit on his knees.
- he complained about the poor food and lack of clothes, where each detainee have is allowed to bathe for 15 minutes, with little amount of shampoo.
- he pointed out that the transfer process includes brutal attacks, represented in storming the sections accidentally, using sound bombs and pepper gas and many other forms of violations such as beating and threatening.