[ 14/04/2011 - 09:10 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)-- Specialist in prisoners' affairs Abdulnaser Farwana said Israel has kidnapped since 1967 about 750,000 Palestinians including 12,000 women and tens of thousands of children.
This came in a report he issued on the Palestinian Prisoners Day which falls on April 17.
Farwana stressed in his report that Israel kidnapped Palestinians across the spectrum without discrimination like, children, elderly men and women, girls, wives, mothers, patients, persons with special needs, academics, lawmakers, ministers and many more.
He added that the kidnapping of Palestinians are a daily event and a well established Israeli occupation practice, affirming that the vast majority of these kidnappings and detentions had nothing to do with security reasons, but they were intended for humiliation and revenge.
The specialist also asserted that all those who were either kidnapped or detained were exposed to some kind of abuse, humiliation or torture inside prisons or in public.
The report gave statistics about the number of Palestinian prisoners still in Israeli jails, saying there are more than 6,000 Palestinians in prison, 820 of them were sentenced to life imprisonment.
Among the prisoners, there are 37 women and 245 children under age 18 other than those who were children when they were kidnapped and now they are adults, according to the report.
There are also 180 prisoners administratively detained without charge or trial, 12 lawmakers and a number of officials. 302 prisoners have been in jail for more than 17 or 20 years.
202 Palestinian prisoners have died or been killed since 1967, 70 of them as a result of torture, 51 died of medical neglect, 74 were assassinated after their release and seven were shot dead inside jails.
In a related context, participants in a political symposium on Palestinian prisoners on Wednesday called for internationalizing the issue of Palestinian prisoners and spare it political differences.
The symposium was organized by Gaza community college of tourism and Al-Huriya media center with the participation of national figures, jurists, and human rights activists.
Farawana, who was one of the prominent participants in this event, denounced the Red Cross for its passivity towards the suffering of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails and not moving to end the arbitrary measures taken against them by the prison administrations.
This came in a report he issued on the Palestinian Prisoners Day which falls on April 17.
Farwana stressed in his report that Israel kidnapped Palestinians across the spectrum without discrimination like, children, elderly men and women, girls, wives, mothers, patients, persons with special needs, academics, lawmakers, ministers and many more.
He added that the kidnapping of Palestinians are a daily event and a well established Israeli occupation practice, affirming that the vast majority of these kidnappings and detentions had nothing to do with security reasons, but they were intended for humiliation and revenge.
The specialist also asserted that all those who were either kidnapped or detained were exposed to some kind of abuse, humiliation or torture inside prisons or in public.
The report gave statistics about the number of Palestinian prisoners still in Israeli jails, saying there are more than 6,000 Palestinians in prison, 820 of them were sentenced to life imprisonment.
Among the prisoners, there are 37 women and 245 children under age 18 other than those who were children when they were kidnapped and now they are adults, according to the report.
There are also 180 prisoners administratively detained without charge or trial, 12 lawmakers and a number of officials. 302 prisoners have been in jail for more than 17 or 20 years.
202 Palestinian prisoners have died or been killed since 1967, 70 of them as a result of torture, 51 died of medical neglect, 74 were assassinated after their release and seven were shot dead inside jails.
In a related context, participants in a political symposium on Palestinian prisoners on Wednesday called for internationalizing the issue of Palestinian prisoners and spare it political differences.
The symposium was organized by Gaza community college of tourism and Al-Huriya media center with the participation of national figures, jurists, and human rights activists.
Farawana, who was one of the prominent participants in this event, denounced the Red Cross for its passivity towards the suffering of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails and not moving to end the arbitrary measures taken against them by the prison administrations.
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