Nearly 80 percent of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons suffer from scabies
The Palestinian Prisoners Association announced that more than 9,300 Palestinian prisoners are being held in Israeli prisons and subjected to systematic ill-treatment.
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The Palestinian Prisoners Association reported that more than 9,300 Palestinian prisoners are being held in Israeli prisons, and systematic torture, ill-treatment and scabies are widespread.
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Why It Matters
The Palestinian Prisoners Association is an organization that monitors the situation of prisoners in Israeli prisons.
In the written statement made by the Palestinian Prisoners Association, it was stated that more than 9,300 Palestinian prisoners, including 90 women, are currently held in Israeli prisons.
In the statement, it was stated that teams of lawyers had visited dozens of prisoners since last month, and that the violations in prisons were not isolated incidents but part of a systematic policy.
According to the statements of the prisoners, the statement emphasized that scabies was spreading in Israeli prisons and the health conditions of sick and injured prisoners were deteriorating, and that maltreatment and torture practices against Palestinian prisoners continued.
It was stated in the statement that many prisoners needed surgery and auxiliary medical devices, and that the living conditions in Israeli prisons were turned into a tool of torture for prisoners.
Raid and ill-treatment of Palestinian prisoners
In the statement, which included prisoner statements that elements of the Israeli prison administration raided the wards accompanied by various weapons and police dogs, it was shared that dozens of prisoners were injured with rubber bullets and weapons of unknown type in recent months.
In the statement, it was stated that some of the weapons in question caused burns, while others caused the prisoners to lose their mobility.
The statement noted that thousands of prisoners were experiencing serious clothing shortages and stated that this was one of the main reasons for the spread of scabies.
According to the statements of the visited and released prisoners, approximately 80 percent of the male and female prisoners, including children, were infected with scabies, but no real treatment was applied and the conditions that caused the spread of the disease were not eliminated.
In the statement of the Palestinian Prisoners Association, it was stated that the wards in the Negev Prison were raided and the prisoners were beaten.
In the statement, international human rights organizations were called to take action against Israel's practices towards prisoners.
Open Questions
- Will international organizations respond to the call?
- Will health conditions in prisons be improved?
