[Pnews] Israeli occupation arrested 590 Palestinians in Jan 2017, including 128 children, 14 women, a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council and a journalist.

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http://samidoun.net/2017/02/january-2017-report-590-palestinians-seized-by-israeli-occupation/ 



  January 2017 report: 590 Palestinians seized by Israeli occupation

February 6, 2017

Palestinian prisoners’ and human rights associations, the Palestinian 
Prisoners’ Society, Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights, Addameer Prisoner 
Support and Human Rights Association and the Prisoners’ Affairs 
Commission, issued a monthly report 
<https://www.facebook.com/ppsmo/posts/1317506971647332> on Sunday, 5 
February on the imprisonment of Palestinians in January 2017. The 
following translation is provided by Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner 
Solidarity Network.

Occupation authorities arrested 590 Palestinians from the West Bank, 
Gaza and Jerusalem in January 2017, including 128 children, 14 women, a 
member of the Palestinian Legislative Council and a journalist.

Israeli occupation authorities arrested 156 Palestinians from Jerusalem, 
90 from al-Khalil, 66 from Bethlehem, 64 from Nablus, 50 from Jenin, 56 
from Ramallah and el-Bireh, 37 of Tulkarem, 27 of Qalqilya, 13 from 
Tubas, 13 from the Gaza Strip, 10 from Jericho and eight from Salfit.

There were 91 administrative detention orders for imprisonment without 
charge or trial issued in January 2017, including 29 new orders, 
including one against PLC member Ahmed Mubarak. Another such order was 
issued against journalist Nidal Ab Aker.

The total number of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails is around 
7,000, including 52 women, of whom 11 are minor girls. There are 300 
child prisoners, approximately 530 administrative detainees and 21 
journalists in Israeli jails.

January also saw dozens of aggressive night raids against Palestinian 
prisoners inside Israeli jails, including the invasion of sections and 
rooms of the prisoners and ransacking their personal belongings. In 
addition, the policy of medical negligence continued against hundreds of 
patients, alongside the ongoing use of administrative detention, 
solitary confinement and isolation, the imprisonment of children and 
women prisoners, and the imposition of heavy financial fines against the 
prisoners. Hundreds were also deprived of family visits.

The institutions working in the areas of prisoners and human rights 
emphasized the seriousness of the current situation inside Israeli jails 
at all levels, heading towards an explosive situation, in light of the 
continued series of repressive actions against Palestinian detainees.

The four institutions also renewed their strongest condemnation of the 
grave Israeli violations of the principles of international humanitarian 
and human rights law. While expressing pride in the struggle of the 
Palestinian prisoners against their tormenters, they confirmed the 
continuation of efforts to defend Palestinian prisoners and expose the 
abuses against them. They also emphasized that the prisoners’ issue is a 
Palestinian national issue as well as a humanitarin and moral issue that 
must compel Arab and international efforts to exert maximum pressure on 
the occupation state to stop its gross and systematic violations of 
international humanitarian and human rights laws and principles and to 
free Palestinian prisoners. In this context, they renewed their call for 
civil society organizations, international human rights organizations, 
political parties, and democratic forces in the world to work hard to 
expose abuses by the occupation forces.

They also urged the United Nations and the international community to 
take action to stop grave violations against Palestinian detainees, 
especially the continued practice of torture and cruel and degrading 
treatment. This also includes the continuing violation of the human 
rights of the child, through arbitrary arrests against children or 
during interrogation and detention procedures, and urged action to 
compel occupation authorities to recognize their obligations to respect 
the rights of detainees against torture and ill-treatment. They also 
emphasized that detainees must be provided with proper health care, 
family visits and communication with family, and they urged the release 
of Palestinian women, children and administrative detainees and the 
freedom of all Palestinian prisoners.

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