Statement issued by the Commission of Detainees’ Affairs and the Palestinian Society Prisoner’s Club on the escalation in the administrative detention crime

October 30, 2024

The Commission of Detainees’ Affairs and the Palestinian Society Prisoner’s Club stated that the crime of administrative detention is increasing unprecedentedly, as 9500 orders of administrative detention have been issued since the beginning of genocide. There are currently (3398) male administrative detainees held in Israeli prisons, (30) women and (90) minors, including a 14-year old child, Ammar Kareem.

The great changes on the number of administrative detainees are linked to the level of detention campaigns carried out in the West Bank and Jerusalem, as more than 11.500 arrest cases have been recorded.
The Commission and the Society followed up with the crimes accompanied to administrative detention, such as assassination attempts.
The Commission and the Society explained that the category of administrative detainees indicated the extreme nature of these arrests, aimed solely at undermining any active social, political, or intellectual roles, which serve to impose further control and surveillance over the citizens. This is evident in the administrative detention of students, journalists, activists, and human rights defenders. Additionally, they arrest and target former prisoners, who constitute the majority of administrative detainees.
The Commission noted that recently, occupation intelligence services have intensified the transfer of some detainees, whose sentences had ended, to administrative detention. Administrative detention orders have also been issued against detainees released on financial bail or with specific conditions, or even without conditions.

In this context, the commission and the society reviewed significant information about following up administrative detainees in military courts, where they proved that the military courts constitute a fundamental tool to reinforce the occupation’s crimes. When the settlers government came into power, the military courts fallen into the hands of settlers groups.
We affirm that pursuing cases in the occupation’s courts, especially regarding administrative detention, is futile and has granted (legitimacy) to these unjust courts.
Despite this, based on the detainees’ desire amidst the unprecedented torture, abuse, and crimes they endure, and the wish of their families, we have continued to monitor their cases to maintain the link between lawyer and detainee despite the severe restrictions imposed by the Israeli prison administration.
Based on all given information and data, we stress on the firm position of human rights organizations to take necessary actions to gradually boycott the courts of the occupation, especially in the case of administrative detention, as it has national and strategic implications on the fate of detainees’ cause, and we are looking forward for taking this significant step.
[7:08 م، 2024/10/30] Majd: