[Ppnews] Palestine - 7 Detainees Injured In Ramon Prison, Several Sent To Solitary Confinement

[Political Prisoner News]

  7 Detainees Injured In Ramon Prison, Several Sent To Solitary Confinement

author Thursday August 23, 2012 04:07author by Saed Bannoura
http://www.imemc.org/article/64105


The detainees clashed with the soldiers for approximately two hours 
after the army tried to force them to undergo a strip search in Ramon 
prison. Seven detainees were injured, and several detainees were sent to 
solitary confinement.

Palestinian Minister of detainees, Issa Qaraqe', reported that the 
soldiers punched the detainees and hit them with batons before using gas 
against them.

The army also cut power and water supplies before completely isolating 
sections 6 and 7; the army said that the two sections will remain 
isolated for a minimum of two days.

The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) issued a press release 
identifying seven of wounded detainees were identified as; (Fateh 
movement spokesperson) Moayyad Jaradat, Raed Balawna, Fawwaz Abdeen, 
Montaser Saif, Assaf Zahran, Motawakkel Radwan and Mohammad Abu 
Sharqiyya. They were all placed in solitary confinement.

The prison administration said that the wounded detainees will be sent 
to court and will be facing "criminal charges" allegedly for attacking 
Israeli soldiers.

The PPS said that the detainees returned their meals in protest to the 
latest escalation and attack against them.

It added that representatives of the prison administration sat down with 
the representative of the detainees, in Ramon, Jamal Rajpoub, to discuss 
the latest incident, and decided to hold another meeting on Friday.

Rajoub said that "what happened in Ramon is a compliance with what, Ben 
Caspet, an Israeli journalist said, who described the Palestinian 
political prisoners as pigs", the PPS reported.

The PPS said that there are 760 Palestinian detainees held in Ramon 
Prison, including 500 detainees who were sentenced to at least one life 
term, and that the prison has 7 sections; 15 rooms in each section, each 
room has eight detainees held in it.

Qaddoura Fares, head of the Palestinian Prisoners Society, held the 
Israeli Prison Authority responsible for the lives and well-being of the 
detainees, and said that this attack is an act of revenge against the 
detainees.

Fares called for the immediate protection for the detainees, and urged 
the International Community to intervene and stop the ongoing Israeli 
attacks and violations against them.

Updated From

8 Detainees Wounded In Ramon Prison
Saed Bannoura, IMEMC & Agencies - Wed, 22 Aug 2012 15:28:19

Palestinians Minister of Detainee, Issa Qaraqe', stated that initial 
information revealed that eight Palestinian detainees, imprisoned at the 
Ramon Israeli prison, were injured after Israeli soldiers broke into 
their rooms and searched them.

Qaraqe' said that under-cover forces of the Israeli army broke into 
section #6 in Ramon under the pretext of searching it.

The soldiers tried to force the detainees to undergo a strip-search but 
they refused. Soldiers then attacked them leading to clashes that 
resulted in eight injuries among the detainees, the Palestine News 
Network (PNN) reported.

The soldiers used gas bombs, and struck the detainees with batons 
targeting different parts of their bodies. They went on to seal section 
6 and disconnected its power and water supplies.

Qaraqe' held Israel responsible for the lives of the detainees and their 
well-being, and called on the international community to provide the 
needed protection to the detainees and to stop Israel's ongoing 
violations against them.

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