Jun 17, 2012
An Israeli Defense Forces soldier has begun a hunger strike to show solidarity with Palestinian administrative detainees.
The soldier, Yaniv Mazor, is currently in military prison for refusing to serve in part of an "occupation army."
Ann Harrison of Amnesty International has said, "Israel has used its system of administrative detention - intended as an exceptional measure against people posing an extreme and imminent danger to security - to trample on the human rights of detainees for decades. It is a relic that should be put out to pasture."
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Amira Hass in Haaretz: Israeli reservist goes on hunger strike in solidarity with Palestinian prisoner
Yaniv Mazor, incarcerated for refusing to serve in the 'occupation army,' says could not continue overlooking the strife of Palestinian administrative detainees.
An Israel Defense Forces reserves soldier, who has refused to partake in army duty to protest Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories, has gone on hunger strike in military prison, in what he said was a show of solidarity with Palestinian administrative detainees.
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Amnesty International: Israel: The injustice and secrecy surrounding administrative detention
Israel must release all Palestinians held under long-standing administrative detention laws or charge and try them promptly and fairly, Amnesty International said in a new report.
'Starved of justice: Palestinians detained without trial by Israel' documents human rights violations associated with administrative detention - a relic of British control of the area that permits detention without charge or trial on indefinitely renewable military orders.
The report also calls on Israel to stop using these measures to suppress the legitimate and peaceful activities of activists in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
It urges the immediate and unconditional release prisoners of conscience held just for peacefully exercising their rights to freedom of expression and assembly.
Administrative detainees - like many other Palestinian prisoners - have been subjected to violations such as the use of torture and other ill-treatment during interrogation, as well as cruel and degrading treatment during their detention, sometimes as punishment for hunger strikes or other protests.
In addition, administrative detainees and their families must live with the uncertainty of not knowing how long they will be deprived of their liberty and the injustice of not knowing exactly why they are being detained.
Like other Palestinian prisoners, they have also faced bans on family visits, forcible transfer or deportation and solitary confinement.
These practices contravene Israel's obligations under international human rights law and international humanitarian law.
Israel has a duty to uphold due process and fair trial rights, and to take effective action to end torture and other ill-treatment of detainees.
Israel must also allow family visits for all Palestinian prisoners and detainees, and end forcible transfer and deportation. And Israel is obligated to investigate violations, bring perpetrators to justice, and provide reparations to victims.
"For decades, Amnesty International has urged Israel to end the practice of administrative detention and to release detainees or charge them with an internationally recognizable criminal offence and try them according to international standards," said Ann Harrison, Amnesty International's Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa.
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An Israeli Defense Forces soldier has begun a hunger strike to show solidarity with Palestinian administrative detainees.
The soldier, Yaniv Mazor, is currently in military prison for refusing to serve in part of an "occupation army."
Ann Harrison of Amnesty International has said, "Israel has used its system of administrative detention - intended as an exceptional measure against people posing an extreme and imminent danger to security - to trample on the human rights of detainees for decades. It is a relic that should be put out to pasture."
* * *
Amira Hass in Haaretz: Israeli reservist goes on hunger strike in solidarity with Palestinian prisoner
Yaniv Mazor, incarcerated for refusing to serve in the 'occupation army,' says could not continue overlooking the strife of Palestinian administrative detainees.
An Israel Defense Forces reserves soldier, who has refused to partake in army duty to protest Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories, has gone on hunger strike in military prison, in what he said was a show of solidarity with Palestinian administrative detainees.
* * *
Amnesty International: Israel: The injustice and secrecy surrounding administrative detention
Israel must release all Palestinians held under long-standing administrative detention laws or charge and try them promptly and fairly, Amnesty International said in a new report.
'Starved of justice: Palestinians detained without trial by Israel' documents human rights violations associated with administrative detention - a relic of British control of the area that permits detention without charge or trial on indefinitely renewable military orders.
The report also calls on Israel to stop using these measures to suppress the legitimate and peaceful activities of activists in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
It urges the immediate and unconditional release prisoners of conscience held just for peacefully exercising their rights to freedom of expression and assembly.
Administrative detainees - like many other Palestinian prisoners - have been subjected to violations such as the use of torture and other ill-treatment during interrogation, as well as cruel and degrading treatment during their detention, sometimes as punishment for hunger strikes or other protests.
In addition, administrative detainees and their families must live with the uncertainty of not knowing how long they will be deprived of their liberty and the injustice of not knowing exactly why they are being detained.
Like other Palestinian prisoners, they have also faced bans on family visits, forcible transfer or deportation and solitary confinement.
These practices contravene Israel's obligations under international human rights law and international humanitarian law.
Israel has a duty to uphold due process and fair trial rights, and to take effective action to end torture and other ill-treatment of detainees.
Israel must also allow family visits for all Palestinian prisoners and detainees, and end forcible transfer and deportation. And Israel is obligated to investigate violations, bring perpetrators to justice, and provide reparations to victims.
"For decades, Amnesty International has urged Israel to end the practice of administrative detention and to release detainees or charge them with an internationally recognizable criminal offence and try them according to international standards," said Ann Harrison, Amnesty International's Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa.
An Israeli Defense Forces soldier has begun a hunger strike to show solidarity with Palestinian administrative detainees.
The soldier, Yaniv Mazor, is currently in military prison for refusing to serve in part of an "occupation army."
Ann Harrison of Amnesty International has said, "Israel has used its system of administrative detention - intended as an exceptional measure against people posing an extreme and imminent danger to security - to trample on the human rights of detainees for decades. It is a relic that should be put out to pasture."
* * *
Amira Hass in Haaretz: Israeli reservist goes on hunger strike in solidarity with Palestinian prisoner
Yaniv Mazor, incarcerated for refusing to serve in the 'occupation army,' says could not continue overlooking the strife of Palestinian administrative detainees.
An Israel Defense Forces reserves soldier, who has refused to partake in army duty to protest Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories, has gone on hunger strike in military prison, in what he said was a show of solidarity with Palestinian administrative detainees.
* * *
Amnesty International: Israel: The injustice and secrecy surrounding administrative detention
Israel must release all Palestinians held under long-standing administrative detention laws or charge and try them promptly and fairly, Amnesty International said in a new report.
'Starved of justice: Palestinians detained without trial by Israel' documents human rights violations associated with administrative detention - a relic of British control of the area that permits detention without charge or trial on indefinitely renewable military orders.
The report also calls on Israel to stop using these measures to suppress the legitimate and peaceful activities of activists in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
It urges the immediate and unconditional release prisoners of conscience held just for peacefully exercising their rights to freedom of expression and assembly.
Administrative detainees - like many other Palestinian prisoners - have been subjected to violations such as the use of torture and other ill-treatment during interrogation, as well as cruel and degrading treatment during their detention, sometimes as punishment for hunger strikes or other protests.
In addition, administrative detainees and their families must live with the uncertainty of not knowing how long they will be deprived of their liberty and the injustice of not knowing exactly why they are being detained.
Like other Palestinian prisoners, they have also faced bans on family visits, forcible transfer or deportation and solitary confinement.
These practices contravene Israel's obligations under international human rights law and international humanitarian law.
Israel has a duty to uphold due process and fair trial rights, and to take effective action to end torture and other ill-treatment of detainees.
Israel must also allow family visits for all Palestinian prisoners and detainees, and end forcible transfer and deportation. And Israel is obligated to investigate violations, bring perpetrators to justice, and provide reparations to victims.
"For decades, Amnesty International has urged Israel to end the practice of administrative detention and to release detainees or charge them with an internationally recognizable criminal offence and try them according to international standards," said Ann Harrison, Amnesty International's Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa.
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