Sundaymail Editor
PALESTINE has condemned the Israeli occupation state’s practice of administrative detention, saying that the occupying power uses it as a tool of repression against Palestinians.
It also called for the immediate release of all Palestinian detainees including Hisham Abu Hawash, who has been languishing in hospital after an extensive hunger strike for 141 days.
Hisham Abu Hawash, a father of five begun refusing food in August to protest Apartheid Israel state’s holding of him without charges or trial a practice of arresting suspects for renewable six-month terms without allowing them to view the charges or evidence against them.
“Today, in a clear violation of international law, Israel continues to use administrative detention to imprison more than 4600 Palestinians (1595 in 2021 only) including minors and elderly without charges, trials or convictions, all based on so called ‘classified secret information’ that the detainees have no access to.
“They have no recourse to challenging these undisclosed allegations, and they do not know when, or if, they are going to be released. This arbitrary detention is strictly prohibited under international law, including international humanitarian law,” said the embassy of the State of Palestine to Zimbabwe in a statement on Tuesday.
“The occupying power persists in its pervasive violations of international law and the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, including their right to freedom, justice, and self-determination because of the utter failure of the international community to hold Israel accountable for its egregious violations.
“This collective international failure has allowed Israel to, among other crimes, shatter the lives and rights of tens of thousands of Palestinians victimized and persecuted through administrative detention.”
Palestine said although it welcomes the statement from the European Union (EU), which expressed grave concern over the health of the detained Hawash, it is disappointed with the international community’s failure to act against the Israeli violations in the occupied Palestinian territories.
“We therefore, call on the progressive peoples, governments and human rights organizations to condemn and push for the immediate release of detained Palestinians and work to end this monstrous practice once and for all,” said Palestine.
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