Administrative detention, a sentence of up to six months in prison with no charge or trial, and indefinitely renewable, is a draconian measure Israel uses against political activists and Palestinians en masse.
The report submitted to the UN notes that detainees received medical treatment while shackled and blindfolded, were forced to use diapers to relieve themselves, and were starved, with ‘an official diet of approximately 1,000 calories daily’
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Gaza hospital director’s lawyer says Palestinian prisoners are forced to take part in acts that would be ‘morally denounced worldwide’
More than a third of Palestinian child prisoners – over 100 – are administrative detainees, held in Israeli prisons without charge or trial.
Muin, a ninth-grade student and the only child in his family, has been placed under administrative detention, a practice in which Israeli authorities detain Palestinians, including children, without charge or trial, based on ‘secret evidence’ that neither the detainee nor their lawyer can review.
Israel has arrested a large number of Palestinian women and children since October 7th, 2023 – many have never been charged, let alone tried for a crime.
Unlike what Fox viewers were told, the 90 recently released Palestinian prisoners were women and teens, often imprisoned for social media posts. A large number had never even been charged with a crime.