APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Gaza, 21 February 2022. Palestinians take part in a protest in solidarity with prisoners in Israeli jails, in front of Red Cross office.
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: APAwire CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST: APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Gaza, 21 February 2022. Palestinians take part in a protest in solidarity with prisoners in Israeli jails, in front of Red Cross office. STORYLINE: 0.1 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) leader of Islamic Jihad, Ahmad Al Mudallal 0.2 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Member of the Central Committee of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Hani Al-Thawabet STORYLINE: At least 450 Palestinian detainees have been refusing to show up for their military court hearings since the beginning of the year, in protest of their unfair detention without charge or trial under Israel’s controversial administrative detention policy. The boycott includes hearings for the renewal of administrative detention orders as well as appeal hearings and later sessions at Israel’s Supreme Court. Palestinian detainees say their action is a continuation of longstanding Palestinian efforts "to put an end to the unjust administrative detention practiced against our people by the occupation forces." They say Israel’s use of administrative detention has expanded in recent years and many women, children and elderly people have been incarcerated under the thorny policy. Under administrative detention, Israel keeps Palestinians without charge for up to six months, a period which can be extended an infinite number of times. Women and minors are also among those detainees. The detention takes place on orders from a military commander and on the basis of what the Israeli regime describes as ‘secret’ evidence. Some prisoners have been held in administrative detention for up to 11 years. Palestinians and human rights groups say the administrative detention violates the right to due process since evidence is withheld from prisoners while they are held for lengthy periods without being charged, tried, or convicted. Palestinian detainees have continuously resorted to open-ended hunger strikes in an attempt t
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