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ACTNews, WEST
BANK – The Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS), a human rights group that
conducts research on Palestinians detained by Israel reported that the number
of Palestinians sentenced to life imprisonment by the Israeli authorities has
soared to 547.
Many of them were
arrested for no apparent reason. Many of them were imprisoned for trivial
mistakes.
In total, the
report also estimated that 4,550 Palestinians are still being held in Israeli prisons,
including 32 women, 170 minors, and 500 people held under Israel's administrative
detention policy.
The treatment of Palestinian
prisoners has also been subject to criticism. There are many cases of
Palestinians being deprived of food in Israeli prisons. There have also been cases of
violence and privacy violations.
Many female
prisoners were not given privacy when they change clothes. In addition, Israeli
prison authorities also frequently violate administrative regulations by not
allowing detained Palestinians to be visited.
In a previous PPS
report, 95 percent of Palestinians in Israeli prisons were reported
experiencing torture. Israel applies various torture methods to Palestinian prisoners, both physically and psychologically through a comprehensive
system of violence. []
