Ministry of detainees: Israel stepped up its racist practices against prisoners

[ 11/11/2009 - 10:50 AM ]

GAZA, (PIC)-- The Palestinian ministry of prisoners stated Tuesday that the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) has stepped up its malicious racist practices against detainees, who number more than 10,000 Palestinians. Information director of the ministry Riyadh Al-Ashqar gave many examples of the serious violations committed against prisoners in Israeli jails, noting that these violations reflect Israel’s hatred and racism against everything Palestinian. Ashqar explained that an Israeli court sentenced a prisoner having an amputated leg called Nahed Faraj to life three times and issued two life sentences against prisoner Riyadh Arafat and ordered to keep him away from any "human society". He added that the Israeli special military units named Nahshon vented their hatred on another prisoner called Mohamed Abu Jamous after he left the Israeli high court in Jerusalem, where they shouted in his face, forced him to undress and then embarked on beating him with their batons and kicked him for more than half an hour causing him severe injuries all over his body. The Hasharon prison manager also physically assaulted prisoner Ibrahim Hamed as he was chained by his legs and hands which led to serious injuries in his body and head, the official said. The official elaborated that the Israeli prisons authority also imposes different arbitrary punitive measures like keeping prisoners in cells with mentally-ill patients or putting them in solitary confinement for long periods. The official appealed to human rights organizations to intervene to stop Israel’s racist practices and violations against Palestinian prisoners in its jails.