APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Hebron - 23 May 2022. Palestinians take part in a protest in solidarity with prisoner on hunger strike Khalil Awawda, in the West Bank city of Hebron.
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: APAwire CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST: APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Hebron - 23 May 2022. Palestinians take part in a protest in solidarity with prisoner on hunger strike Khalil Awawda, in the West Bank city of Hebron. STORYLINE: More than 450 Palestinian detainees have been refusing to show up for their military court hearings for 143 days 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 latter 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 Israeli forces. Under administrative detention, Israel keeps Palestinians without charge for up to six months, a period which can be extended for an indefinite 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. Palestinian detainees have continuously resorted to open-ended hunger strikes in an attempt to express their outrage at the detention. They have also been subjected to systematic torture, harassment and repression all through the years of Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories. More than 4,500 Palestinian prisoners are currently held in about 17 Israeli jails. Over 450 detainees, including women and minors, are under the administrative detention. Rights groups describe Israel’s use of the detention as a “bankrupt tactic” and have long called on Israel to end its use. Footage by APA
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