The secretary of the institution of Senior Prisoners in South Africa, Mpho Mosimala, condemned the inhuman treatment and the immoral policies carried out against Palestinian detainees in Israeli jails.
He stated "we stress our condemnation of the barbaric and inhuman treatment and using torture against Palestinian detainees in the racist Israeli jails, where they are facing brutal physical and psychological torture".
He added: "our experience through the period of struggle against Apartheid is very similar to the circumstances of the detention of Palestinian detainees in Israel, especially during solitary confinement, and other matters such as nutrition, refusing or allowing meeting the doctors, as well as preventing reading books".
"We in the Institution of Senior Prisoners in South Africa condemn all the practices carried out against the detainees in the Negev prison about two weeks ago to clamp down on the detainees."
Mosimala called on the racist Israeli Prime Minister to release all detainees without any condition, especially females and children, put an end to house demolishing and start the negotiations on the basis of a two-state solution.
He ended his letter stating "we pay tribute to the struggle of the Palestinian people against all forms of fascism, and we support the Palestinian struggle. We pay tribute to the spirit of revolution of all Palestinian detainees who spent long time in the Israeli jails.
The Commission of Detainees and Ex-detainees' Affairs praised the historic attitude of the South African government in standing by the Palestinian people and the cause of detainees in the Israeli occupation jails, as well as the special national role played by the Embassy of the State of Palestine in South Africa with all its staff and employees in raising the cause of detainees at all levels.