06-06-2025
- Politics
- Days of Palestine
Palestinian Center for Prisoners' Defense Issues Urgent Call to Uncover Fate of Gaza Detainees
DaysofPal — The Palestinian Center for the Defense of Prisoners has issued an urgent appeal regarding the continued enforced disappearance of hundreds of Palestinian detainees, particularly those from the Gaza Strip, who are being held in Israeli prisons and detention centers under harsh, opaque conditions that violate international humanitarian law.
The Center disclosed that Israeli authorities have acknowledged the detention of 2,790 Palestinians from Gaza but are deliberately withholding information about the fate of 144 individuals. This occurs amid a complete absence of legal safeguards or international monitoring over the conditions in which these detainees are being held.
Mohammed Shaaban, head of the Palestinian Center for the Defense of Prisoners, reported that the Center has received testimonies and documented reports detailing horrific abuses suffered by detainees—especially those from Gaza—including physical and psychological torture, and the systematic denial of medical treatment.
Shaaban stressed that the Center has initiated legal and human rights efforts, in coordination with international organizations, to draw global attention to the plight of Gaza's detainees. He emphasized that the current situation in Israeli prisons represents a profound moral failing and a stain on the conscience of humanity.
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