RAMALLAH, (Palestine Foundation Information Center), The Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) affirmed that the release of detainees from Israeli occupation prisons does not mean an end to the crimes and violations they were subjected to. It pointed out that their deteriorated physical and psychological conditions, their bodily states, and their field testimonies constitute living evidence of the continuation of systematic torture policies and extermination inside Israeli prisons, which have, over more than two years, turned into fully fledged arenas of torture.
In a statement, the PPS explained that all released detainees suffer from health and psychological problems to varying degrees, while a number of them were released in serious and complex conditions that required transferring them to hospitals and subjecting them to urgent surgical operations.
It drew attention to the case of journalist Mujahid Muflih, who was administratively detained for about seven months, before suffering an acute cerebral hemorrhage three days after his release. He remains hospitalized in intensive care following an emergency surgical operation.
It also referred to the release of administrative detainee Khaled Al-Saifi from the “Ramla Prison Clinic” while in an extremely critical health condition. He suffers from severe pulmonary fibrosis, is unable to walk, and requires intensive medical care. It confirmed that this was his second detention during the period of the war, and that on both occasions he was released in critical health conditions as a result of the torture and medical neglect he endured.
The Society said that it documented numerous cases of detainees who were released while suffering from fractures and severe bruises as a result of brutal beatings, in addition to the spread of serious skin diseases such as scabies, which necessitated their medical isolation and the provision of the necessary treatment.
It considered that these data reflect the magnitude of the humanitarian catastrophe and the level of systematic physical and psychological destruction practiced by the Israeli prison system against thousands of detainees, within the framework of policies aimed at breaking will and imposing deterrence, leading to slow execution, as has happened to dozens of detainees since the start of the war of extermination.
The PPS pointed out that these violations coincide with Israeli efforts to pass laws that legalize the execution of detainees, describing this as a dangerous escalation on both the legal and humanitarian levels.
At the conclusion of its statement, the PPS held the international community responsible for the silence and incapacity that have encouraged Israel to continue its crimes. The Society renewed its demand to allow the International Committee of the Red Cross to visit the prisons and review the conditions of detainees, to enable their families to visit them, and to undertake serious work to hold Israeli leaders accountable and impose deterrent sanctions that would put an end to policies of torture and extermination inside detention centers.
