[Pnews] Female Palestine prisoner held in stress positions in Israel jails

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https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20191001-female-palestine-prisoner-held-in-stress-positions-in-israel-jails/ 



  Female Palestine prisoner held in stress positions in Israel jails

October 1, 2019
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Palestinian prisoner, Heba Al-Labadi is on the eighth day of hunger 
strike after being sentenced to administrative detention for five months 
without charge or trial.

Abducted by Israeli soldiers on 20 August, Al-Labadi, who holds 
Jordanian citizen, was arrested at the Allenby Bridge (King Hussein 
Bridge) that connects the occupied West Bank with Jordan, during her 
trip to the West Bank to attend a wedding in Nablus with her mother.

According to the Jerusalem-based non-profit organisation B’Tselem, at 
the end of August , 413 Palestinians – including two women and one minor 
– were held in administrative detention in Israeli prisons.

Despite having not been charged, 24-year-old Al-Labadi was reportedly 
subjected to physical torture which included shackling her hands and 
legs to a small chair and positioned her body to slant forward so that 
the detainee cannot sit in a stable position. This has left her deprived 
of sleep.

*READ: **More than 200 prisoners in Israeli jails start hunger strike 
<https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20190903-more-than-200-prisoners-in-israeli-jails-start-hunger-strike/>*

Moreover, she was subjected to an arduous investigation at the Israeli 
intelligence detention centre Petah Tikva, her brother Hatem confirmed.

It was also reported that the administration of the prison restricted 
the family from hiring a lawyer, and prevented the Red Cross and the 
human rights organisations from interfering.

In an interview Hatem said: “My sister was arrested for security reasons 
that were not disclosed by the occupation forces.”

“My sister holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting and worked previously 
in the UAE and is currently detained in an Israeli prison.”

Jordanian and Palestinian activists have taken to social media to 
express their concerns about Al-Labadi to pressure the authorities to 
follow up on her situation.

The Jordanian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Affairs Ayman 
Hussein Abdullah Al-Safadi said the Jordanian embassy in Tel Aviv 
visited Al-Labadi to check on her and the conditions of her detention, 
and will continue to follow up with the Israeli authorities regarding 
her case.

*READ: **The Palestinians resisting Israel’s threats of detention and 
death 
<https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20190911-the-palestinians-resisting-israels-threats-of-detention-and-death/>*

Her family have been prevented from visiting her.

Earlier this year, a hunger strike organised by Palestinian prisoners in 
Israel lasted for 120 days until the Israel Prison Service agreed to 
remove signal jamming devices 
<https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20190228-palestinian-prisoners-israel-is-burning-us-and-killing-us/> 
which were prisoners said were causing them nausea and headaches, and 
install landline phones inside prisons so that detainees can make 
supervised calls to their families.

A Twitter account believed to belong to Al-Labadi displays a tweet 
<https://twitter.com/hebalabadigmai1/status/1163671510470578176> she 
posted before she was detained on the way to the West Bank in which she 
commented: “My feelings today as I’m on my way to Palestine cannot be 
described. My heart is racing. A revolutionary girl for whom the love of 
rifles has embedded her soul.”

She is currently the only woman among seven detainees who are parting in 
a hunger strike, in protest against being held under administrative 
detention 
<https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20171122-administrative-detention-a-legal-lethal-tool-of-israeli-repression/>.

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