[E-rundbrief] Info 1651 - Israeli authorities arrested 880 Palestinians in July 2017 - Joint report

[Matthias Reichl]

E-Rundbrief - Info 1651 - Addameer (Israel/ Palästina): Joint report 
estimates that 880 Palestinians arrested in July 2017.

Bad Ischl, 11.8.2017

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Palestinian prisoners’ affairs institutions – the Palestinian 
Prisoners’ Club, Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights 
Association, Committee of Prisoners' Affairs and Al-Mezan Center for 
Human Rights – issued the following report on 8 July 2017, which 
indicates that, during the month of July 2017, Israeli authorities 
arrested (880) individuals from the occupied Palestinian territories, 
including (144) children, and (18) women.

According to the monitoring and documentation conducted by the four 
organizations, Israeli occupation forces arrested 425 Palestinians 
from Jerusalem, 120 from Hebron and 85 from Nablus. In addition, 49 
Palestinians were arrested from Jenin governorate, 47 from Qalqiliya, 
45 from Bethlehem, 37 from Ramallah, 36 from Tulkarem, 10 from Tubas, 
10 from Jericho, and two from the Gaza Strip.

The report indicates that the number of Palestinian prisoners in 
Israeli jails reached 6400 prisoners, including 62 female prisoners, 
10 minor girls, approximately 300 children, 450 administrative 
detainees, one “illegal combatant” and 12 Palestinian Legislative 
Council (PLC) members.

In the month of July, the occupation authorities issued 97 
administrative orders, of which 20 were new orders and 77 were issued 
for prisoners for the second and third time.

The full report is divided into four sections. The first section 
provides statistics on the number of arrests made in July; the second 
section highlights the arrest and detention of PLC members; the third 
deals with the arrests of Palestinians following Al-Aqsa uprising. 
Finally, the fourth section deals with the condition of prisoners 
suffering from psychological illnesses.

The report also provides legal analysis for the various events covered 
by the report, in accordance with the rules of international 
humanitarian law and international human rights law. The report 
concludes with a set of conclusions and recommendations.

The four organizations strongly condemn Israel's gross and systematic 
violations of international law, and its disregard for the rights of 
Palestinian detainees. We also condemn the continuing occupation 
authorities' disregard of the legal guarantees provided by 
international legal regulations, particularly the Standard Minimum 
Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners 1955, and other international 
declarations and conventions guaranteeing the rights of prisoners and 
detainees.

The four institutions also call upon the international community to 
intervene urgently in regard to the fulfillment of its legal and moral 
obligations towards the population of the occupied Palestinian 
territories and to take effective measures to compel the occupying 
state to ensure respect for their basic human rights. We also call 
upon local, regional and international groups and allies to activate 
solidarity campaigns with prisoners, with the aim of putting pressure 
on the occupying state.

Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association
P. O. Box: 17338, Jerusalem
3 Edward Said Street
Sebat Bldg.
1st Floor, Suite 2
Ramallah, Palestine

Website: www.addameer.org


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