PPS lawyers meet several detainees in a number of Israeli detention facilities

Thursday September 25, 2008 01:17 by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC News

Lawyers of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) visited a number of detainees in a several Israeli prisons and detention centers. The detainees complained of mistreatment, abuse and lack of medical attention.

Palestinian Detainees - File

In Hasharon prison, one of the PPS lawyers met with detainee Reema Daraghma, from Tubas, who informed him of her very bad health condition.

Daraghma told the lawyer that she was examined by the prison doctor and that he prescribed medications for her but the prison administration insists that she does not need those medications and refused to provide her any needed meds.

She was barred from her visitation rights since more than nine months without being informed about the reason behind this act.

The lawyer also met detainee Sanaa’ Shihada, from Qalandia refugee camp in Ramallah, who also complained of bad treatment against her and the other detainees.

Also, another PPS lawyer visited a number of detainees in Shatta Israeli prison who informed him of the bad living conditions and mistreatment they are subjected to.

The lawyer met detainees Moammar Asad Sabah, from Jenin, who was kidnapped by the army in 2003 and was sentenced to 23 years imprisonment.

Sabah told the lawyer that the prison administration is barring the families of the detainees from bringing clothes, shoes and other necessary supplies to the detainees.

 Detainee Baha’ Al Jallad, from Tulkarem, said that he is suffering from a heart condition and needs an urgent open-heart surgery but the administration is neglecting his urgent needs.

He added that the administration is baring detained brothers from being in the same prison or room, and is barring them from visiting each other, in an attempt to keep them separated which makes it even more difficult for their parents to visit them.

Al Jallad also said that the detainees do not have money and that they have to buy most of their food from the prison canteen which is overpriced.

Detainee Wajdi Ahmad Al Jallad informed the lawyer that the administration is imposing high fines on the detainees without any proper cause, an issue which is placing more pressure on the detainees.

In Ohhali Kidar (Be’er Sheva) Prison, a PPS lawyer met with detainee Mohammad Ata Abdul-Ghani, from Tulkarem, and was kidnapped by the army in 2002.

Abdul-Ghani was sentenced to three life-terms, and is suffering from chronic back pain, Osteoporosis and other health issues but was never seen by a specialized physician and is not provided with the needed medical treatment.

Abdul-Ghani told the lawyer that the Prison Administration ignoring the basic rights of the detainees, including their right to medical treatment.  

The two lawyers visited several detainees from different Palestinian areas and many of the detainees complained that they were under interrogation and torture for extended periods, and a number of them required medical treatment due to extreme torture they were subjected to.

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