[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
    <http://samidoun.ca/2014/08/palestinian-prisoners-subject-to-ongoing-raids-worsening-conditions/>

by samidoun <http://samidoun.ca/?author=1>

*http://samidoun.ca/2014/08/palestinian-prisoners-subject-to-ongoing-raids-worsening-conditions/*

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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