500 ADMINISTRATIVE DETAINEES IN ISRAELI JAILS

Ramallah, 20 Muharram 1437/2 November 2015 (MINA) – The number of Palestinian administrative detainees, who are held in Israeli jails without charge or trial, has recently increased to reach the highest number since 2009.

About 181 administrative detention orders were issued over October in the wake of the decision made by Israeli Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu who ordered Israeli army to escalate administrative detention policy against Palestinians, the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said,

Two minors, a woman, and 23 Jerusalemites were among the administrative detainees,The Palestinian Information Center (PIC) quoted by Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA) as reporting.

These numbers affirm that Israel systematically uses administrative detention in blatant violation of international law as a mechanism of deterrence and punishment against the Palestinian society, the groups added.

The new administrative detention orders raised the number of Palestinians held without charge or trial to 500 in Israeli jails.

International rights groups have called more than once for an end to administrative detention policy according to which thousands of Palestinian prisoners have been arrested based on secret information, which neither they nor their lawyers can review.(T/P008/R03)

Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA)