[News] November 2016 report: 111 administrative detention orders issued, 527 Palestinians arrested

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  November 2016 report: 111 administrative detention orders issued, 527
  Palestinians arrested

December 3, 2016

In the month of November 2016, 527 Palestinians from the West Bank and 
Gaza were arrested, including 120 children and 11 women. 163 were 
arrested in Jerusalem (including 74 children) and 100 were arrested in 
al-Khalil. 50 were arrested in Ramallah and Al-Bireh, another 50 in 
Bethlehem, 42 in Jenin, 39 in Nablus, 27 in Tulkarem, 17 in Salfit, 11 
in Qalqilya, 10 in Jericho, six in Tubas, and 12 from the Gaza Strip.

There are approximately 7,000 total Palestinian prisoners in Israeli 
jails, including 48 women prisoners, 11 of them being minor girls. The 
total number of child prisoners is approximately 350, with the majority 
held in Megiddo and Ofer prison. There are approximately 700 total 
administrative detainees. 111 administrative detention orders for 
imprisonment without charge or trial were issued in November, including 
32 new orders.

Continued Arbitrary Detention of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip

Israeli occupation forces are continuing the policy of arbitrary 
detention against Palestinian civilians in Gaza and violating 
international human rights law and international humanitarian law. 
Palestinians are arrested without charge and legal procedures are not 
followed in the arrest of Palestinians. Moreover, the right to a fair 
trial guaranteed by international standards and instruments is 
consistently violated, in particular in the denial of Palestinian 
detainees’ right to information about their own case, including the 
reason for their detention and access to a lawyer before they are 
brought before a military court. In addition, occupation forces 
regularly use excessive and extreme force during detention operations, 
for example the use of heavy gunfire against Palestinian fishermen at 
sea, putting their lives at risk for no reason. During the month of 
November, six incidents resulted in the arrest of 12 Palestinian 
civilians, including eight fishermen arrested at sea.

Battle of the Empty Stomachs

At the end of November, four prisoners are engaged in an open hunger 
strike, three against the policy of administrative detention. Ahmad Abu 
Fara and Anas Shadid have been on an open hunger strike since 25 
September in protest of administrative detention. Both are in a serious 
health condition at Assaf Harofeh hospital. Their administrative 
detention has been “suspended” by the Israeli courts and the two 
detainees have announced their rejection of this action. In addition, 
Ammar Hmour continues his hunger strike since 21 November in protest of 
his administrative detention.

Kifah Hattab also announced his hunger strike during the month of 
November, demanding that Israel deal with him as a prisoner of war. Noor 
el-Din Amer ended his hunger strike, which lasted for 20 days, against 
solitary confinement and the dneial of family visits, in an agreement 
with the prison administration. Under this agreement, his sister will be 
allowed to visit him in the coming period, he will be able to receive 
winter clothing during her visit, and conditions of his confinement in 
Ashkelon prison will be improved.

Injustices Against Children

During the month of November, Israeli occupation courts issued unjust 
sentences against dozens of children, mostly from Jerusalem, in addition 
to the imposition of heavy fines and damages in the thousands of 
shekels. Sentences ranged from months to over ten years. The most 
prominent case is that of Ahmad Manasrah, sentenced to 12 years’ 
imprisonment and fines of 180,000 NIS ($47,150 USD). The two children 
Munther Khalil Abu Mayalah, 15, and Mohammed Taha, 16, were sentenced to 
11 years in prison each; both had a 50,000 NIS ($13,100) fine imposed 
upon them. Nurhan Awad was sentenced to a prison term of 13 1/2 years 
and a 30,000 NIS ($8000) fine was imposed upon her. There are dozens of 
detained children still awaiting their fate before the occupation court.

Bahaa al-Najjar Imprisoned after One Week of Freedom, Returned to 
Administrative Detention

On 2 November, 2016, the imprisonment of Bahaa al-Najjar, 21, from 
al-Khalil expired. On the evening of this date, without receiving any 
official paperwork for his release, he was told that there was no new 
administrative detention order issued against him and so he was released 
– but that did not last long. Bahaa was arrested once again on 9 
November, and once again ordered to administrative detention without 
charge or trial for six months.

The case of al-Najjar represents the policy of administrative detention 
as a method of psychological torture against prisoners by the 
occupation. In addition, the United Nations Working Group onn Arbitrary 
Detention also considers the occupation practices administrative 
detention systematically and on a large scale against Palestinian 
civilians. With the denial of the right to a fair trial, this 
constitutes a grave breach of Article 147 of the Fourth Geneva Convention.

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