APAIMages - APAIMages CLIENTS ONLY, Gaza- 25 April 2022. Palestinians take part in a protest in solidarity with prisoners in Israeli Jails in front of Red Cross office
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: APAIMages CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST: APAIMages - APAIMages CLIENTS ONLY, Gaza- 25 April 2022. Palestinians take part in a protest in solidarity with prisoners in Israeli Jails in front of Red Cross office 0.1 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) leader in the Democratic Front, Mahmoud Khalaf 0.2 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Member of the Prisoners Committee for National and Islamic Forces, Yasser Mezher STORYLINE: Nearly 450 Palestinian detainees have been refusing to show up for their military court hearings for 115 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 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 Palestinians by the Israeli occupation 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. 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. 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
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