OCCUPIED TERRITORIES – A Palestinian prisoner
from Jerusalem, released on Thursday, revealed horrifying violations taking
place against Palestinian prisoners in the Negev Desert prison at the hands of
Israeli wardens.
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According to Jo24, Ramzi Al-Abbas, a social
media activist, stated to journalists upon his arrival at his home in Silwan
after 8 months of detention that he left behind prisoners in a "mournful
state."
He added, "There are beating sessions in
the morning, afternoon, and evening, beatings all over the body in an
unimaginable way, especially in the Negev prison, a graveyard for the
living."
He continued, noting that of the 3,000
prisoners in the Negev prison, "some of them had their legs, arms, or
heads broken (deep wounds), are in a mental, physical, and moral state that is
lamentable."
"There is sexual harassment of detainees
that amounts to rape without exaggeration, 24-hour insults, tearing of the
Quran, and urination on it," he added.
Al-Abbas stated, "They deprived us of
food, one meal a day, long days when we slept uncovered in half-sleeve clothes,
they took everything from us, even the covers, and confiscated the windows to
make the atmosphere colder, so we slept holding onto each other."
He said, "Drinking water arrives for only
one hour, no shampoo or soap, they took off all our clothes, I have been
wearing this blouse (underwear) for 60 days, they deprived us of
everything."
He conveyed a message from the prisoners
urging lawyers to visit all detainees, stating, "The situation is very
bad, it is a message and an obligation for lawyers to visit all prisoners, a
message and a trust for lawyers to visit the prisons."
Since the eruption of the Aqsa Flood battle
and the start of the aggression on Gaza on October 7 until Wednesday, 3,325
arrests have been recorded, according to the Palestinian Prisoners Affairs
Commission and the Palestinian Prisoners Club. The number of prisoners in jails
before that was estimated at around 5,500 male and female prisoners.
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