Days of Palestine – Ramallah
Over 450 Palestinian detainees are refusing to attend their military court hearings for 72 days to protest their unfair detention without charges or trials under Israel’s controversial administrative detention policy.
The boycott includes hearings for the renewal of administrative detention orders as well as hearings for appeals and later sessions of Israel’s Supreme Court.
Palestinian detainees said their action is a continuation of longstanding Palestinian efforts to put an end to the unjust administrative detention practiced against Palestinian people by the occupation forces.
Israeli administrative detention keeps Palestinians for up to six months without charge, a period that can be extended indefinitely.
Palestinian women and minors are also detained under administrative detention.
According to the Israeli regime, the detention is ordered by a military commander and is based on ‘secret’ evidence.
Some prisoners have been held in administrative detention for up to 11 years.
In the Palestinian view, administrative detention violates the right to due process since prisoners are kept from receiving evidence while they remain without charge, trial, or conviction for long periods of time.
Detainees from the Palestinian Authority have repeatedly engaged in open-ended hunger strikes in protest at their detention.
They have also suffered systematic torture, harassment, and repression throughout Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories.
About 17 Israeli jails currently hold more than 4,500 Palestinian prisoners.
Over 450 detainees, including women and minors, are in administrative detention. Israel’s use of detention is described by rights groups as a “bankrupt tactic” and has long called on Israel to end its use.
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