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PPS: "Army kidnapped 63 Palestinians in August"

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The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) reported 
that Israeli soldiers kidnapped in August 63 
Palestinians, including 14 students, 11 children and 8 patients.

The PPS said that most of the kidnappings took 
place in the southern West Bank city of Hebron 
and its nearby villages and towns of Beit Ummar, 
Tarqoumia, Doura, Bani Neim, Al Arroub refugee 
camp, Surif, Beit Ola and Al Thahiriyya.

The PPS stated that at least eight of the 
kidnapped residents are sick and need immediate 
medical attention, and that some of the health 
issues the detainees suffer from are kidney 
infection, blood disease, joint issues, heart 
disease, ulcer, asthma and one of them had 
surgery just a few days before he was kidnapped.

Most of the kidnapping took place during night 
invasion carried out by the soldiers, and several 
detainees were violently attacked and beaten by 
the soldiers before they were loaded into the military jeeps.

One of the detainees from Sair village, near 
Hebron, was repeatedly beaten by the soldiers who 
broke his arm, before forcing him into their jeep.

Another resident was attacked by a military dog 
after the soldiers broke into his home.

One of the lawyers of the PPS visited some of the 
kidnapped residents, and they informed him that 
they were beaten and tortured during 
interrogation, and that they were threatened with 
further harm should they expose torture methods they were subjected to.

The detainees also said that they are not 
provided with sufficient food or even water, and 
that they are subjected to bad treatment and harassment.

At least three of the detained residents are now 
under interrogation on Atzion detention facility, 
four in Petah Tikva, two in Al Maskobiyya, and 
several detainees were transferred to Al Jalama 
and Ramon interrogation centers. Three detainees 
are now under administrative detention orders without charges or trial.
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Women refuse Israeli strip search at Ofar Prison, 
human rights organization takes case

http://english.pnn.ps/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6798
03.09.09 - 15:17

Jerusalem / PNN – The Israeli prison 
administration is forcing female visitors to 
strip completely before seeing family members at 
Ofar, a prison built on Ramallah lands.

The Adalah Center demanded this week in a letter 
to the Israeli Prison Authority and the Ofar 
Prison that they put an immediate stop to the 
“humiliating physical inspection of Palestinians, 
especially citizens of East Jerusalem, as a 
condition of entry to visit relatives with the prison.”

Attorney Abeer Baker issued a complaint on behalf 
of two women who were willing to come forward, 
blowing the whistle on the latest violations of human rights.

The women are citizens of East Jerusalem and were 
subject to “humiliating and degrading treatment” 
as the complaint reads, before being allowed to 
visit their family members in Ofar Prison.

“After having finished an invasive inspection, 
one of the guards asked them to go to an adjacent 
room where they were obliged to strip completely 
naked,” the Adalah Center reports today.

The room had windows that were difficult to see 
through, but it was possible to note the presence 
of a guard on the other side, reports the lawyer. 
But through a loudspeaker a guard ordered the two 
women to take off all of their clothes. The women 
rejected the request. As the report states, one 
of the guards then entered the room and told the 
women that they would be body searched after 
undressing and that this was a condition of 
entering the prison. The two refused in protest and returned home.

This is not the first such incident with women 
saying in the past that they prefer to miss the 
visit than to become naked in front of Israeli guards.

The two women exemplify what is being described 
as a widespread phenomenon affecting many 
Palestinian families from East Jerusalem and the 
West Bank. Many women are known to have had to 
succumb to this in order to visit their children.

Adalah says that by demanding strip searches, 
illegal in most cases, the Israelis are violating international law.





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