[Pnews] Palestinian prisoners subject to ongoing raids, worsening conditions
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Tue Aug 5 18:36:56 EDT 2014
Palestinian prisoners subject to ongoing raids, worsening conditions
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by samidoun <http://samidoun.ca/?author=1>
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The Palestinian Prisoners Center for Studies reported that the
conditions of Palestinian prisoners in occupation prisons have worsened
significantly following the imposition of further sanctions upon the
prisoners by the occupation forces, imposed during the mass arrest
campaign following the disappearance of three settlers in June and
maintained throughout the Israeli assault on Gaza that killed over 1850
Palestinians.
The occupation prison administration has cut recreation time in half,
reduced the maximum amount each prisoner can have in his or her
"canteen" fund (provided by family or Palestinian sources) from 1,200
shekels maximum to only 400 shekels, reduced family visits to one
half-hour each month, removed 7 satellite channels of 10 from prison
television (and 2 of the 3 remaining channels are Zionist channels).
Raafat Hamdouna reported that the prisoners reject these sanctions,
which are designed to prevent them from learning the truth about the war
on Gaza, the Israeli crimes and the Palestinian resistance, and are
planning to protest these sanctions as part of the war against prisoners
and in particular those from Gaza, who are suffering an additional heavy
burden behind bars while their families face bombing and destruction.
Meanwhile the Palestinian Prisoners Society reported ongoing attacks by
prison administration on prisoners in various prisons. In Gilboa prison,
the prison administration claimed to discover a tunnel in one of the
prison sections and transferred the prisoners affiliated with Islamic
Jihad to Hasharon and Hadarim prisons, and isolated Muhannad Zayoud and
Muhannad Sawalha. They raided each of the sections of the prison
throughout the night, and invaded section 5 - which houses prisoners
from Jerusalem and occupied Palestine '48 - for 5 hours. On Sunday,
special units invaded section 1 for 6 hours, and section 2 has been
closed since Sunday.
Similar to the pretext used in Gaza to attack civilians massively, the
Israeli prison administration has used claims of "searching for tunnels"
to engage in abusive raids and "inspections" in Ashkelon prison,
damaging prisoners' belongings and vandalizing and ransacking the rooms.
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