THE INTERNATIONAL Commission of Jurists (ICJ) of Geneva has accused Israeli occupation forces of torturing young Palestinian detainees at the Al-Fara a concentration camp near Nablus in the West Bank. The ICJ released a 56-page report Geneva.
Neil wc ermon. Secretary-General of the ICJ and former SriSE Wandslel said in an with the KIKUU Service programme 24 Hours on 31 March that it nan neen compiled by our affiliated organisation in the occupied West Bank, which is called Law in the Service of Man (LSM).
In the same programme Raja Shehadeh, a Palestinian lawyer in the West Bank and a member of LSM said that 'the trend has been concentrate ore on pysch logical tortures such as deprivation of sleep, keeping them standing for a long time, putting them in rooms with water, some beatings which do not leave marks, treatment in an inhuman esls he is below a hemar eels he is below a keeping them crowded conditions with depriyation of basic services.
He added: 'We did treat in the report certain specific aspects which we have felt such as lack medical care, and the fact that people who complained to the delegates Red julcilalulal Cross have had action taken anaISL them making period 1932-r9 a connined covering the I former detainees' case aged from 15 to The report said: Detainees at the Calllt are made to stand naked freezing weather, and psychologically 30 January in humiliated.' It also gives details of prisoners being forced masturbate Fara'a, former British and Jordanian camp is situated about 12 miles north-east of Nablus. During the widespread demonstrations and protests in the West Bank in spring 1982 Tine Israelis SON ak detention camp to intimidate young Palestinians and to discourage unrest.
Al-Fara's camp
divided into two blocks. The first block khich is divided called The Stables, into individual horse pens in which as many prisoners are put. Inside the sels tasre i toilet at used as a Famil members and Red Cross officials are not allowed t visit this block which is use for new arrivals second is for thos the LECHE West Bank and Gaza Strip. with by the he cases dealt ICJ is that of an 18-year-old construction worker who says he forced to stand for two days nootel handcuffed toilets before r is.
nterrogated.. Another They beat caL-U student me with elec. said: tricity cables and ordered Photo: ASSOCIATED PRESS me to turn round and round for a long time so that I got giddy and nauseous'. A third student says that interrogators beat him around the genitals extinguished The report states: tion at Al-Fara'a should be understood, we believe, in Tne context of atensinre aimed at controlling the West Bank population, sucl as curfews, house demolitions. and withdrawal of basic services from whole neighbourhoods.' KUNA reported tron young Palestinians who reside in refugee camps and 64 percent of those who reside have been Cues arrested since 1967. Among them were children of 7-1 yea rs. 73 percent them were sentenced to bet ween month years imprisonment.
Israeli Army arrested 2,680 young women and 2,000 of them were imprisoned for between month and 1 25 years.
Since 1967, the Israelis have put 3,027 cities and towns under curfew, and on 12,640 occasions the Israeli army opened fire on demonstrations and 638 Palestinians have been killed or injured. among them more than 100 women and children.
Israeli settlers pened fire on Palestiniar es as a roul which 314 were killed or injured.
On 17 January, Israeli prison guards injured Paecnian orcones wie hundreds of them stormed Jneid Prison in Nablus. Ihi 800 prisoners were protesting against the measures of the prison administration. Israeli lawyer Felicia Langer visited the prison on January met with se Aa risad ne spaper p to Al-Ittihad newspaper, January, Langer learned that prison authorities are following ponc, of granting empty promises Teenns u boomuoe lldui to prisoners during the twoweek aulcci in October last year. The cells are still overcrowded and proper medical treatment still rarely given une masoners presenter her with a list of 120 names need immediat medical attention. Cases included suspected cancer, eye diseases and psychological baaesses Last year many prisoners died in Nafha Prison near improve conditions inside the prison.
According to the Jerusalem Press Service publication Al Awdeh, • Janua Israel holding 4065 Palestini in the Ansar prison camp in south Lebanon haperbeen served wilh tople restriction tor s4 since 1980. of whom were West Bank, Jerusalem, Gaza Strip and 9 from the Golan Heights. They included mayors, journalists, doctors, lawyers, unionists, writers and students.
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