ADDAMEER PRESS RELEASES
2002 Archive
December 10, 2002 - Press Release:
Addameer
remembers Palestinian Detainees on the 54th Anniversary of the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights
A short briefing on the human rights situation
in the Occupied Palestinian Territories on the anniversary of the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights.
November 8, 2002 - Press Release:
Palestinian
Detainee ends 10 day hunger strike in protest of conditions of detention
and torture
Palestinian detainee 'Adel Jamil Al Hidmeh today
ended a ten day hunger strike in protest of his conditions of detention
and the inhumane treatment he was subject to while under interrogation
by the Israeli General Security Services (GSS).
November 4, 2002 - Press Release:
Ketziot
Military Prison Authorities Endanger the Lives of Palestinian Detainees:
Detainees Protest Attack and Continuing Human Rights Violations
A briefing on the escalating violation of detainees'
rights within Israeli prisons, in particular recent events at the Ketziot
(Negev) Military Detention Center.
October 15, 2002 - Case Study:
Treatment
of Palestinian Child Detainees
A case study on the treatment of a Palestinian
girl-child in detention.
October 5, 2002 - Press Release:
Detainee
Assaulted During Transfer
On 3 October 2002, the Palestinian detainee Moamar
Mohamad Jomaa Jamous from Nablus, was severely beaten by Israeli soldiers
while being transferred to Ketziot Military Detention Camp.
October 5, 2002 - Press Briefing:
Palestinian
Women in Detention
A short briefing on the situation of Palestinian
women in Israeli prisons and detention centers.
October 3, 2002 - Press Release:
Palestinian
prisoners boycott Israeli occupation military courts
The Imprisoned Palestinian National Movement in
Israeli Prisons call upon all Arab and Palestinian prisoners to boycott
Israeli courts, refusing to recognize their legitimacy. (Includes translated
statements from prisoners).
September 1, 2002 - Press Release:
Brutal
Assault at Beit El Military Court
On 29 August 2002, two Palestinian detainees were
severely beaten by 5 Israeli soldiers at the military occupation court
of Beit El.
June 3, 2002 - Press Release:
Palestinian
High Court of Justice Issues Decision to Release General Secretary of
the PFLP
This morning, 3 June 2002, the Palestinian High
Court of Justice issued a decision demanding the release of Ahmad Sa'adat,
General Secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
who has been illegally detained by the Palestinian Authority for nearly
5 months.
June 2, 2002 - Press Release:
Israeli
Military Concocts "Suicide Bombing" Story to Cover-Up Shooting of Palestinian
Youth
Addameer has received a case of a 20-year old Palestinian
man from Jenin, Zeidan Mohammed Said Zeidan, who was shot and seriously
wounded by Israeli soldiers on 8 May. This case is significant not for
the fact that Zeidan was shot, but rather because the Israeli military
is attempting to cover up the fact of his deliberate wounding with the
claim that Zeidan was injured while attempting to carry out a suicide
bombing. The facts indicate clearly that this claim is a complete falsification
- Zeidan was shot and seriously injured while going about his daily life
and was then placed under arrest. He had no explosives with him, and there
is no evidence that he was injured by an explosion.
May 26, 2002 - Website Update:
Free the Six Palestinian Political Prisoners in Jericho Prison!
On 25 April, 2002, four Palestinians were tried
in a kangaroo-court by the Palestinian Authority and sentenced to between
1 to 18 years in prison. The four were accused of involvement in the assassination
of the Israeli Tourism Minister, Rehavam Ze'evi, on October 17, 2001.
The four detainees, along with two other Palestinians who have not been
tried or charged, were transferred to a prison in Jericho under the supervision
of US and British "monitors." Addameer is calling for their immediate
release.
May 19, 2002 - Special Report:
THOUSANDS
OF PALESTINIAN DETAINEES IMPRISONED IN INHUMAN AND LIFE-THREATENING CONDITIONS
Following the most recent Israeli invasion of Palestinian
cities that began on March 29, 2002, the Israeli military has undertaken
a widespread campaign of arbitrary, mass arrest of Palestinian civilians.
Addameer has been following cases of those arrested and detained through
visits to detention camps and prisons, as well as collecting statements
from those who have been released. The conditions that detainees face
violate every principle of international law and present a real threat
to the lives of detainees. Addameer has collected many affidavits that
reveal a conscious process of torture and maltreatment to which thousands
of detainees have been exposed. The information in this report is based
upon affidavits from detainees and lawyers who have visited these detention
camps and prisons.
April 27, 2002 - Press Release:
PA
State Security Court Decision is Illegal and Unjust
Addameer Association condemns the recent trial
of Palestinian political prisoners, Hamdi Quran, Basel Al-Asmar, Majdi
Rimawi and Ahed Gholmi, by State Security Court in Yasser Arafat’s compound
in Ramallah on Thursday 25 April, 2002.
April 17, 2002 - Joint Press Release:
Palestinian
Prisoners' Day: THOUSANDS OF PALESTINIANS BLINDFOLDED, HANDCUFFED AND
TORTURED
On the occasion of Palestinian Prisoners' Day,
Addameer and DCI/PS call for the immediate release of Palestinian political
prisoners, including children. As of today, 17 April 2002, thousands of
Palestinians remain detained in Israeli detention centers throughout the
West Bank and inside Israel. In a wave of arbitrary mass detentions, thousands
of Palestinian prisoners have been rounded up by the Israeli military,
handcuffed, blindfolded and transported to detention facilities where
they are exposed to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment. Over 10% of
these newly arrested are children. The detainees are denied access to
attorneys and information regarding their whereabouts is often unknown
by their families and human rights organizations.
March 31, 2002 - Press Release:
Banning
of Family Visits to Palestinian Detainees
A short briefing on the banning of family visits
to Palestinian detainees since the beginning of the second Intifada.