JENIN (Ma'an) -- Israeli military authorities on Monday sentenced an  Islamic Jihad leader to six months in prison without charge or trial, a  detainees' center said.
Sheikh Bassam Al-Sadi will be held at Ofer military prison near Ramallah under administrative detention, the center said.
Al-Sadi  was detained immediately after Hamas and Fatah signed a reconciliation  agreement in Cairo, the center noted, adding that he was detained only  two months after finishing an 8-year sentence in Israeli prisons.
The  Israeli human rights organization B'Tselem has recorded thousands of  cases of administrative detention in which Palestinians have been  detained "for prolonged periods of time, without prosecuting them,  without informing them of the charges against them, and without allowing  them or their attorneys to study the evidence."
Israeli military  officials can hold detainees in administrative detention for up to six  months, but the term is indefinitely renewable.
Detainees can  spend years in Israeli prisons without ever knowing what they are  accused of. Their lawyers are not told what the charges are, undermining  their ability to defend their clients.
"In practice, Israel  breaches international law, while misusing the powers given to military  commanders in the Administrative Detention Order," B'Tselem says.
Monday, May 16, 2011
Israel detains Islamic Jihad leader without charge or trial
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