Dozens of female Palestinian inmates suffer from poor conditions in Israel prison: Rights group
A Palestinian prisoners’ rights group says approximately 40 female detainees are being held under inhumane conditions at a detention center in the occupied territories run by Israeli forces.
The Palestinian Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs said in a statement that there are 36 Palestinian women incarcerated in Israeli Damon prison, of whom 24 are serving different prison terms, including two given 16-year jail terms.
The Commission added that nine female Palestinian prisoners are on remand and three women are administratively detained.
The co-called Israeli administrative detention is a form of imprisonment without trial or charge that allows the Israeli authorities to incarcerate Palestinians for up to six months, which could be extended for an infinite number of times.
The Palestinian Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs highlighted that some of the female detainees suffer from very difficult health conditions and are subjected to deliberate medical neglect, like the case of Israa Jaabis, who suffers from burns and needs surgeries.
Other prisoners who also need special medical care include Amal Taqatqa, who was injured by five bullets and needs an operation to remove fixators from her leg, prisoner Iman Awar, who suffers from cancerous lumps in her vocal cords, and prisoner Nasreen Abu Kamil, who suffers from hypertension, diabetes and sore toes.
More than 7,000 Palestinian prisoners are currently languishing in some 17 Israeli jails, with dozens of them serving multiple life sentences.
Over 500 detainees are being held under the so-called administrative detention in various Israeli prisons, some of whom have been held in that condition for up to 11 years without any charges brought against them.
Palestinians and human rights groups say administrative detention violates the right to due process since evidence is withheld from prisoners while they are held for lengthy periods without being charged, tried or convicted.
Palestinian detainees have continuously resorted to open-ended hunger strikes in an attempt to express their outrage at the detentions.
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