Prisoners’ Affairs Ministry: Israel arrested 420 Palestinians in Ramadan

[ 07/09/2011 - 08:00 PM ]

GAZA, (PIC)-- The Ministry of Prisoners’ Affairs has said that the Israeli occupation authorities placed 420 Palestinians in detention during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan in a fresh report released on Wednesday. It was that month that Israel carried out one of the most massive arrest sweeps in Al-Khalil in years, rounding up some 190 Palestinians there in just a few days. Among those arrested that month were 45 minors, four women, three of whom are wives of Palestinians already detained in the Israeli prisons, and three members of the Palestinian legislature. The new report also documented the repressive circumstances that continued inside the Israeli prisons throughout the Muslim holy month. It said that special units continued to carry out search raids in the Megiddo prison during the morning meal ahead of the Ramadan fast, and that some 40 prisoners suffered from food poisoning from spoiled food served to them in the canteen. Other repressive acts were also reported. Prisoners in the Negev prison were once again required to wear uniforms whenever leaving prison in spite of prior agreements. All books were also removed from a sector in Damon prison, where a ban was also placed on books brought in by family members during visits. Also that month, the prisoners were banned from bringing foods into the prison and were also prohibited from receiving extra funds during Ramadan to purchase extra materials needed for the month as well as for the Eid al-Fitr holiday, marking the end of the Ramadan. The report says that Israeli occupation authorities froze all funds for the education of prisoners enrolled in the open Hebrew university until further notice, under an official decision to stop the education of Palestinian prisoners inside the prisons. Also on the political level, the Israeli legislative body, the Knesset, approved amending a law allowing the prison administrations to ban security prisoners from receiving lawyer visits without referring to the courts or providing justification. More than 50 prisoners were transferred to administrative detention, including Palestinian MP Mohammed Mutlaq Abu Juheisha and Ayed Doudein, who has spent more time in administrative detention than any other prisoner. Other prisoners, such as MP Marwan al-Barghouthi, were place in solitary confinement. Another prisoner was isolated for smuggling a letter over to his 85-year-old mother, the report highlights.

PA urges international community to protect prisoners' rights

BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- The Palestinian Authority on Monday urged the international community to protect the rights of Palestinian prisoners, the government media center said.

The PA referred to two incidents in which prisoners rights were violated. One case involved a decision by Israeli authorities to ban prisoners' families from visiting them for up to 17 years after accusations that they smuggled mobile phones into the jail.

The other involved a recent incident in which 40 Palestinian prisoners suffered food poisoning in an Israeli prison in the Negev.

"These actions are a violation of international law, particularly the Third Geneva Convention, relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War," a statement said, adding that the PA held the Israeli prison administration responsible for the lives and health of prisoners.

The West Bank government urged international institutions, the Red Cross and the United Nations Commission of Human Rights to do more to pressure Israel to stop its daily "illegal and unjustified measures against prisoners."

Palestinian prisoners suffer food poisoning in Israeli jail

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) -- Forty Palestinian prisoners being held in an Israeli prison contracted food poisoning on Sunday, the Minister of Prisoners Affairs Issa Qaraqe quoted detainees as saying.

Prisoners being held in the Negev prison, southern Israel said they had suffered from nausea, vomiting and diarrhea after eating dairy products which had passed their sell by date.

Three of the prisoners are reportedly in a severe condition, as they already suffer from chronic ailments such as heart disease. Detainees complained that prison authorities delayed transferring sick inmates to the prison clinic, thus aggravating their symptoms further.

Prisoner Amjad Abu Latifah blamed the Israeli prison administration for the food poisoning, pointing out that this is the second incident of its kind in two months.

Prisoners have filed an official complaint, Latifah added.

The out of date products were bought from a prison store and detainees have stated that Israeli authorities intentionally sell expired goods.

The Minister of Prisoners Affairs Issa Qaraqe said that Israeli prison authorities are risking the well being of prisoners and neglecting their health.

He demanded an immediate investigation into the current situation.

Palestinian Muslim prisoners are currently fasting from dusk until dawn as part of the Holy Month of Ramadan, refraining from food and water and emphasizing charitable giving.

In June, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the prison service to toughen conditions for Palestinian detainees in an effort to pressure Hamas to release captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.

The measures were widely condemned by Palestinian officials.

Activist: 25 arrested after Nakba protests

RAMALLAH (Ma’an) -- Israel's army has arrested 25 Palestinians from the West Bank cities of Bethlehem and Hebron in the aftermath of protests marking the Palestinian Nakba, or catastrophe, officials said Thursday.

Jacqueline Al-Fararjeh, during a visit to Etzion prison, said Abed Al-Aziz Ash-Shuweiki and Amjad Husein Hadad were harshly beaten by more than 20 soldiers causing injuries in Amjad’s head.

Others were left without food or water for hours with their hands and feet shackled, she said.

Those detained from Bethlehem were identified as Raji Husein Suleiman, Naser Maher and Mazen Mahmoud Issa, Ahmad and Ma’mun Yasin Marzuq, and Nadim Adam Marzuq and Abdallah Jalal Shalash.

From Hebron: Ahmad Mohammad Babeyah, Abed Al-Fattah Jrewie, Ahmad Ash-Shuweiki, Ala’a Dweik, Fadi Shawer, Khalil A’wad, Awad Hadush, Musa Jabarin, Ahmad Mustafa, Mohammad Al-Jebri, and Mohammad Abu Madi, Hesham Jaradat, Ramzy Tabakhi, Abed Al-Fattah Mutawer and Raed Ash-Sharif.

EU Parliament to review prison conditions inside Israel

 March 09, 2011

DCI-Palestine

[9 March 2011] - On 15 March 2011, the EU Parliament's Sub-Committee on Human Rights will review prison conditions in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory. In advance of the hearing, DCI-Palestine has lodged a submission relating to conditions faced by Palestinian child detainees held in Israeli interrogation and detention facilities and prisons. DCI-Palestine's submission to the Sub-Committee provides evidence of ill-treatment and torture during the initial stages of detention, and also includes: Information that 27 percent of Palestinian child detainees are forced to sign confessions written in Hebrew. Information that 58 percent of Palestinian child detainees are being held inside Israel, in contravention of Article 76 of the Fourth Geneva Convention; Information indicating that as many as 43 percent of child detainees are not adequately separated from adult prisoners; Evidence that 55 percent of Palestinian child detainees complain of inadequate food, water or shelter; Information suggesting that most Palestinian child detainees do not receive family visits during the first three months of their detention, and no Palestinian child detainees are permitted to maintain telephone communication with their families; Evidence that Palestinian child detainees receive inadequate education services inside prison, and in some cases, no education at all; and Evidence that children held in the Al Jalame Interrogation and Detention Centre near Haifa, are routinely subjected to serious mistreatment, including position abuse, sleep depravation and solitary confinement. DCI-Palestine continues to demand that all interrogations of Palestinian child detainees be audio-visually recorded, and no Palestinian child is detained inside Israel, in contravention of Article 76 of the Fourth Geneva Convention.

The Etzion prison administration forces captives out in the cold

[ 11/03/2011 - 12:39 PM ]

File photo of Palestinian captives

AL-KHALIL, (PIC)-- Dr. Azzam Salhab, member of the PLC said, through his lawyer, that the administration of the Etzion prison forced captives to stay outside in the cold in their underwear. He told Jaclyn Fararjeh,a lawyer working with the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS),  that prison officers forced the captives out into the prison yards in their underwear and made them stay there for several hours as a punishment for them because they refused to take their dinner. Palestinian captives held there have recently announced a hunger strike in protest of inhumane treatment at the facility, especially the refusal of the prison administration to allow blankets and clothes to be brought to the prisoners and the poor quality and quantity of food provided to the prisoners. The PPS further said that conditions at the Nafha desert prison are extremely harsh and that the prison administration continues to punish the captives by strip searching them,  surprise raids on their cells and refusal to provide treatment for sick captives. The PPS emphasised in its statement that the are a number of captives there who need immediate medical attention, some of them have been waiting for years to get treatment and their situation is worsening all the time.

Palestinians held in Etzion prison to announce hunger strike if demands not met

[ 07/02/2011 - 01:01 PM ]

RAMALLAH, (PIC)-- Palestinians held in the Israeli Etzion prison are in the process of announcing a hunger strike in protest of inhumane treatment at the facility, the Palestinian Prisoner Society said. The prison administration has yet to offer a reason for its stubborn refusal to allow blankets and clothes, the PPS's attorney said. The captives also complain of the poor quality and lack of food there. Separately, prisoners jailed in Nafha have begun taking steps to see their demands are met. They are demanding that university students there are permitted to complete studies, blankets, treatment for the sick and an end to degrading searches, the PPS said. Meanwhile in the Eichel prison, administration has recently replaced the once large yard there for a restricted area with a concrete roof blocking the sun, another human rights group said in statements on Sunday. Because of crowding, prisoners force the prisoners not to stay there more than ten minutes, the Tadhamon (Solidarity) rights group. As the oldest Israeli prison, built in 1970 and holding 350 Palestinians, it is rife with abuses. In addition to a food crisis, prisoners are medically neglected, many of them not provided medicines they require. They have filed several requests for improvements on conditions, but the prison administration has yet to respond. ------------------ Group: Prisoners denied basic needs   RAMALLAH (Ma'an) -- Palestinian detainees held in Israel's Etzion prison near Bethlehem are denied basic needs, Palestinian Prisoners' Society lawyer said Sunday. The lawyer said Israeli authorities refused to allow the organization to bring blankets, clothing or food to detainees. He said the prisoners were considering starting a hunger strike in protest at conditions in the facility.

Palestinian Women Suffer Harsh Violations in Israeli Jails

Friday December 17, 2010 17:00 by Alessandra Bajec - IMEMC & Agencies

The P.A. spokesman in Gaza denounced, on Thursday, Israeli jailers for their treatment of Palestinian female prisoners, who suffer harsh and systematic violations, the Palestinian Information Centre reported.

(photo from the Palestinian Information Center)

Riyadh al-Ashqar, spokesman of the P.A. ministry of prisoners and ex-prisoners in Gaza City, commented on the sever treatment against Palestine women held captive in Israeli jails during an open forum organized by the independent bureau for human rights in Gaza City. He added that 36 Palestinian women are detained in the Israeli Hasharon and Damoun prisons.

Al-Ashqar described Israeli measures taken against female detainees including deprivation of family visits, solitary confinement, malnutrition, denial of adequate medical care. He argued the inhumane measures are aimed to prevent steadfastness and resoluteness of the captives.

A former prisoner named Fatima al-Zaq told, at the forum, her experience in an Israeli jail reporting that she was put in a dirty solitary confinement room while she was pregnant. Furthermore, Israeli doctors prescribed her wrong and unknown medicine a number of times, trying to abort her pregnancy.

Another ex-detainee, Fayrooz Arafa, narrated about her suffering while incarcerated in Israel's jails saying that the Israeli Prison Authority officials inflicted the worst psychological and physical torture on Palestinian female captives with the intention to kill their will.

Jamil Sarhan, director of the Bureau for Human Rights, criticized the punishment methods adopted in Israeli jails against Palestinian prisoners, including women and children, pointing out that international laws and conventions prohibit such measures.

Sarhan also condemned the poor health state of female captive Linan Abu Ghalamh. Abu Ghalama has been on hunger strike for 16 days so far after Israeli prison officials refused to join her with her sister Taghreed detained in another prison.

Palestinian captives in Hawwara go on hunger strike

[ 24/12/2010 - 12:41 PM ]

NABLUS, (PIC)-- Palestinian captives at the Hawwara detention centre started an open ended hunger strike on Thursday to protest the harsh detention conditions they are kept under at the notorious centre. Raed Amer, director of the Palestinian Prisoners Society in the northern West Bank, said that this step was taken by the captives to protest the harsh conditions Palestinian captives suffer inside Israeli occupation jails and detention centres as they are not given the minimum of their rights, not even suitable water and food. This protest is part of a series of protest measures started by Palestinian captives in a number of Israeli jails, to protest their conditions and the escalation of the prison authorities against the captives in those jails.

Palestinian prisoners in Negev complain of their incarceration conditions

[ 24/10/2010 - 11:14 AM ]

NEGEV, (PIC)-- Palestinian prisoners in the Israeli desert prison Negev have complained of their incarceration conditions after the Israeli prison administration tightened its repressive measures against them. In a message leaked out of jail on Saturday, the prisoners said that the administration serves them poor quantity meals and impure water in addition to blocking entry of new clothes for them. They also complained of poor medical treatment, adding that prison doctors treat all health complaints with the Acamol pill only as if it was the magic medication for all illnesses. The prisoners said that the prison jailors daily storm their wards under trivial security pretexts just to destabilize them. They said that they suffer scorching heat in summer and severe cold in winter, adding that they mostly fear the proximity of the Dimona nuclear reactor and the possibility of developing cancer as a result in future.

Hawara prisoners suffer food poisoning after served bad food

[ 19/09/2010 - 03:57 PM ]

NABLUS, (PIC)-- The international Tadhamon (solidarity) foundation for human rights  said prisoners in the Hawara detention center near Nablus are suffering from malnutrition, while noting some cases of food poisoning. The foundation’s attorney Ahmed Toubasi said the Hawara prison administration serves an insufficient amount of food to prisoners with no regard for variety. Besides serving poor quality foods, sweets have been banned. Prisoners are normally served chilled milk and eggs not suitable for eating, and in most cases refuse to eat meals. One prisoner said he suffered from an upset stomach and food poisoning after eating breakfast one morning. After he experienced a severe case of diarrhea he was not permitted to leave to the bathrooms or provided treatment. Referring to a number of prisoners he visited in Hawara, Toubasi said: “The prisoners suffer - in addition to poor food - from medical neglect and poor treatment from the guards, who deliberately provoke prisoners and humiliate them during count, which is taken three times a day.” As of Thursday Sept. 16, 15 Palestinians are being detained in the Hawara prison. In the same context, a man arrested at late night told Toubasi he was severely beaten by Israeli soldiers who detained him. Tadhamon foundation researcher Ahmed al-Beitawi said the arrestee was taken three days back from his house in the Old City of Nablus. He previously spent four and a half years in Israeli jails in two arrests ahead of his last arrest. Beitawi said Israeli forces have ramped up arrest operations throughout the West Bank, especially against political prisoners who were previously released.

Hamdouna: occupation provides meal seven hours before dusk

[ 13/08/2010 - 03:45 PM ]

GAZA, (PIC)-- Ex-captive Rafat Hamdouna, director of Captives Studies Centre, said that the Israeli occupation prison authority refuses to provide the main meal at sunset, which is the time Muslims break their fast, and denies them performing night prayers in a congregation. Hamdouna said in a statement on Friday that the Israeli occupation prison authority does not care about the basic needs of the captives during the blessed month of Ramadan and prohibits congregational night prayers even for individual sections. He said that the prison authority provides a light meal consisting of eggs, jam and cheese while the main meal is served at noon, 7 hours before it is time to break the fast. Hamdouna added that the situation of the captives is especially harsh in Ramadan and particularly for those who are denied family visits such as captives from the Gaza Strip who have not been visited by their families for more than four years. He called on all activists and institutions in this field to work towards improving the conditions of the Palestinian captives in occupation jails. Meanwhile, a statement by the same institution on Friday focused on the special suffering of Palestinian women captives in Israeli occupation jails, especially those who have children and are denied contact with them. 'Prison administration fails to respect Ramadan'   Published yesterday (updated) 13/08/2010 21:42 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) -- Israel’s prison administration is preventing detainees from observing the holy month of Ramadan, a detainees’ center reported. Head of the center, Ra’fat Hamdounah, said the prison administration was not distributing food according to Ramadan fasting schedules, but rather sticking to the regular meal service routine. Throughout the holy month, Muslims fast from dawn until dusk. Without a pre-dawn breakfast, those fasting would go without food or liquids until sundown. Hamdounah added that detainees have been banned from praying together, and called on human rights organizations to stand by prisoners, especially during Ramadan.

Nine prisoners suffer in solitary confinement in Ashkelon prison

[ 25/07/2010 - 06:38 PM ]

NABLUS, (PIC)-- Nine Palestinian prisoners have been removed from the outside world by the Ashkelon prison department and placed in inhumane conditions in complete isolation from the rest of the prison population, the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said. The society said that the cells of the prison’s solitary confinement section are only large enough to accommodate a single bed, besides which there remains only enough extra room to take two or three footsteps. The cells have poor ventilation and no sunlight.  Prisoners are only permitted to leave to the courtyard once a day for an hour, and the majority of them prefer remaining in their cells because the courtyard is so small. Most of the time prisoners are shackled by the hands and feet. Food is scarce and is cold by the time it reaches them. The PPS added that prisoners are unable to make contact with the outside world, and that most remain without family visits due to security reasons alleged by the prison administration, causing some of the prisoners to become mentally and even physically ill. The society explained that the Israeli occupation government keeps them in isolation because it claims that they pose a threat if integrated with other prisoners. “What makes matters worse, the prison administration has prohibited the prisoners in isolation from bringing in any books, and if a prisoner has committed a violation he would be deprived of electrical appliances, such as TV, radio, or even fans,” said prisoner Abdullah Barghouthi from Ramallah, who was sentenced to 67 life terms. He added that the prison administration deliberately transfers him time to time from one prison to another, so he is unable to become settled in one prison, and that if an inmate attempts to tell the outside world of the conditions in solitary confinement, the prison administration takes away all his electrical appliances or deprives him the right to read. According to the Israeli prisons authority (IPA), prisoners are placed in confinement for four reasons. The first is for “security purposes”, meaning that the prison department places detained leaders in confinement so other prisoners won’t be affected by them. These security prisoners are in most cases detained for many years. Other prisoners are kept in confinement during the investigation process, which sometimes lasts for three months, because the prison administration believes that if they have contact with prisoners, they will learn from them and not give confessions. The third group is in confinement because of mental illness, and is isolated for the safety of other prisoners. And others are taken there because they are not welcomed by the rest of the prison population because of their ties with the IPA. The PPS underlined that international conventions, such as the one in Geneva, have banned isolating captives from other prisoners for long periods of time, unless the prisoner’s life is at risk, and in such case he should not be deprived the right to food, drink, and books. The prisoners’ society has called on the IPA to discontinue its inhumane practices, which are in clear violation of international law, and also called on human rights organizations, especially the general commissioner of the United Nations in Palestine and the International Red Cross, to form a committee to disclose the suffering of the prisoners in solitary confinement and take immediate action in taking them out of isolation.

Prison food below standard, society says

Jerusalem - Ma'an - The Israeli Prison Service is providing Palestinian prisoners with sub-par quantities and quality food in the Ashkelon jail, a prisoners' society said Friday.

The Palestinian Prisoners Society said detainees are offered one piece of fruit daily, depending on the season. Daily prisoner demands led to the IPS changing the type of bread provided to inmates, after inmates complained for the poor quality, the society added.

The society called on the IPS to immediately increase the quality and quantity of food rations in Ashkelon prison.

Israel detains 5 Palestinians without food for 48 hours

Sunday, 14 March 2010 14:50 Added by PT Editor maysaa jarour

 

Ramallah, March 14, 2010 (Pal Telegraph) - Palestinian sources revealed today that Israeli occupation forces detained five Palestinians from the village of Nabi Saleh in Ramallah for 48 hours.
The IOF handcuffed their hands and did not give the Palestinians any food or drink. The sources said that the five detainees kidnapped from their homes in the early morning, including four brothers, were: Uday , Loay, Majed and Mustafa Al-Tamimi and Tammen Al-Tamimi. All of them were taken to Halmish camp near the town, and then to Benjamin camp near Ramallah.
The IOF beat them while transporting them to Ofer Prison, then questioned them about throwing stones. The men denied that accusation.

Hosam society: Conditions of Palestinian prisoners in Etzion inhumane

GAZA, (PIC)-- Hosam society for detainees and ex-detainees said Saturday that the incarceration conditions of Palestinian prisoners in Etzion prison are extremely inhumane because of the prison administration’s repressive practices against them.




The society explained in a statement that Etzion administration does not provide prisoners with adequate food or allow them to bathe especially those placed in isolation, which led to the outbreak of skin diseases among them.



It added that the prisoners are deprived of sleep and going to bathrooms as well as they are often physically assaulted and exposed to psychological pressure through demanding them to collaborate with Israel in exchange for improving their imprisonment conditions.



In another related context, specialist in prisoners’ affairs Abdelnasser Farwana stated Saturday that any negotiations which do not give long-serving prisoners freedom are meaningless and any swap deal excluding them will lose its luster.



Farwana underlined that those long-serving prisoners have been in Israeli jails before the signing of Oslo agreements and the establishment of the Palestinian Authority (PA) and they number 320 detainees.



He added that those prisoners suffered much more than others, where the shortest period some of them served until now was 16 years and the longest was 32 years, noting that they suffer from deteriorating health conditions as a result of the long years of captivity and their old ages.



The specialist stressed that the Palestinian people look forward to an honorable prisoner swap deal that is able to break the Israeli standards and overrun Oslo mistakes and gaps and lead to the release of all long-serving prisoners without conditions or discrimination.

PPS interviews: in Jilboa prison there is no Ramadan, no education

16.09.09 - 16:51

Jenin / PNN – Political prisoners in the Israeli Jilboa Prison were unable to obtain provisions for Ramadan when daily fasting changes dietary needs, the Palestinian Prisoner Society reported today. In separate interviews conducted by PPS, it was revealed that living conditions imposed during the month were particularly difficult in the northern prison. Mohamed Ahmed is sentenced to life in prison. He told a PPS lawyer, “The Jilboa prison administration did not provide prisoners allocations for the holy month of Ramadan, although it is near its end.” The Jenin Refugee Camp man added during a meeting with the lawyer, “The atmosphere of Ramadan for prisoners is very difficult for the lack of needs and requirements.” In another interview with PPS, prisoner Sawafta from Tubas added that registration for the new academic year at Al Quds Open University was blocked. Sentenced by a military court to life in prison on the third of March, 1991, Sawafta implored, “It is crucial that all stakeholders follow up the issue of registration of prisoners at the Open University because there are a number of them still deprived of this right. This means the loss of another full academic year.” Yasser from Qalqilia, arrested on 10 October 2002, said that detainees are being denied matriculation exams in Jilboa. “This requires following-up,” he told a PPS lawyer, “so that it will not be repeated.” The young man added that there are a high number of people who intend to pursue their educations and sit for exams this year. In the southern West Bank, Prisoner Society lawyers visited Etzion, a detention facility housed inside a settlement built on Bethlehem Governorate lands. The PPS noted that Ramadan provisions were lacking, but not as badly as in Jilboa. Sweets for the breakfast were allowed, but the meal quality and quantity both remained poor.

Ramadan iftar in Megiddo Prison: five pieces of potato for every 10 people

17.09.09 - 13:03 Jenin / Ali Samoudi for PNN - Five pieces of potato for every 10 prisoners is the Ramadan breakfast, iftar, at Megiddo, says Hilal Zidan who was released yesterday after spending seven months in the Israeli prison.
He told PNN that portions are meager at best during the holy month.
The 27 year old said that despite the warm reception he received at his family’s house in Jenin, he felt a sadness that even his mother’s evening meal could not fix. “I have a bitterness and pain that is lingering from the days of my detention, particularly those of Ramadan. I felt sad when I saw the food because my brothers in prison are deprived of everything.”
Zidan reports that the food provided by the Prisons Department is not of sufficient quantity or quality, particularly during Ramadan. Representatives of Palestinian political prisoners held extensive contacts with the Israeli prison administration to provide the needs of Ramadan, but basic requests were denied and conditions worsened. He described a Ramadan meal as consisting of five pieces of potato per 10 people and a piece of chocolate. Any additional needs are to be purchased at the prison store at exorbitant prices.
Zidan was arrested at his home in Jenin on 26 February of this year along with his nephew Nasser Mohammad Zidan. After 48 hours of interrogation Zidan says he came down with a stomach ulcer, but the Israeli prison administration refused treatment. “I lived for seven months without medication,” he told PNN. For 18 days he was kept in a small, narrow space. He was not allowed to communicate with counsel or the Red Cross. “The psychological pressure was designed to coerce me to plead guilty of belonging to the Fateh movement.” He was taken to Megiddo but submitted a request to spend his sentence at Al Naqab Desert prison where his nephew is, but the administration refused. For the first four months of detention he was denied visits by his family while clothes from his family and the Red Cross were banned.
The threat of orange uniforms remains on the horizon, noted Zidan, who said that the Department of Prisons at Megiddo said it would impose them immediately after Eid al-Fitr, the holiday that comes at the end of the month of Ramadan.