RAMALLAH (Palestine Foundation Information Center) The Palestinian prisoners in the Israeli Shatta jail are medically neglected and enduring unprecedented maltreatment, according to the Palestinian Commission of Detainees’ and Ex-Detainees’ Affairs.
In a statement on Thursday, the Commission described the incarceration conditions of the Palestinian prisoners in Shatta jail as “horrifying,” saying they are constantly exposed to brutal beatings and pepper spray attacks and served raw and unsalted food.
According to the Commission’s lawyer who visited them recently, the prisoners are medically neglected and not provided with any treatment, especially prisoners Waleed Musallam, who suffers from severe psoriasis, and prisoner Fadi Raddad, who has been suffering from sharp pains in his back and right shoulder since Israeli jailers assaulted him.
The detainees appealed to rights groups to intervene with the Israeli prison service to allow them to practice their religious rituals during the holy month of Ramadan without restrictions, to improve the quality of food, and to provide them with copies of the holy Quran and clocks.
