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Saba Yemen
07-07-2025
- Politics
- Saba Yemen
Palestinian journalist Lahham detention prolonged
Ramallah - Saba: The Palestinian Commission of Prisoners' Affairs stated, according to its lawyer, that the Israeli occupation authorities decided to extend the detention of prisoner journalist Nasser al-Lahham and transfer him to the Ofer Military Court until next Thursday. Israeli forces arrested al-Lahham at dawn today after raiding his home in the town of Doha in the Bethlehem Governorate and completely destroying its contents, according to the Palestinian News Agency. The number of journalists held in administrative detention in Israeli prisons, under the pretext of a "secret file," is (22), out of (55) in Israeli prisons, including (49) who have been detained since the beginning of the genocide. The occupation continues to target journalists through what it calls detention on the grounds of "incitement" on social media. This form of detention has become a tool to suppress freedom of opinion and expression, and has become another facet of the crime of administrative detention. The majority of those arrested on the grounds of "incitement," against whom the occupation was unable to present an indictment, were later transferred to Administrative detention. Journalists detained in enemy prisons and camps face all the same crimes as prisoners, including systematic torture, severe beatings, starvation, and medical neglect, in addition to the ongoing humiliation and abuse they are subjected to. This is in addition to the ongoing policies of theft and deprivation against them, and their detention in harsh and degrading detention conditions. Whatsapp Telegram Email Print
Saba Yemen
22-04-2025
- Politics
- Saba Yemen
New responses regarding detention locations of over 60 detainees from Gaza in Israeli prisons
Ramallah - Saba: The Palestinian Commission of Prisoners' Affairs and the Prisoners' Club published more than 60 names of detainees from the Gaza Strip who received responses from the Israeli army regarding their detention locations in Israeli prisons and camps. The Commission and the Club noted, in a joint statement issued Tuesday and reported by the Palestinian WAFA News Agency, that these responses are part of hundreds of responses received by relevant institutions since the mechanism became available to them to determine the fate of Gaza detainees in Israeli prisons and camps. This comes in light of the legal amendments made to the so-called "Unlawful Combatant" Law. It should be noted that the enemy continues to commit the crime of enforced disappearance against Gaza detainees to this day. They explained that the Israeli army deliberately gives different responses regarding the same detainee in many cases. We reiterate that these responses remain responses from the Israeli occupation army. In light of this, we affirm that all relevant institutions are transferring the names of those whose detention locations have been revealed to legal teams for visits. After receiving a response of approval, the visit is conducted. It should be noted that the institutions are responsible for submitting names for visits, while the dates of visits are determined by the occupation, whether those detained in army camps or under the authority of the prison administration. It should be noted that the latest data on Gaza detainees, disclosed by the Israeli prison administration at the beginning of April 2025, numbered 1,747, classified by the prison administration as "unlawful combatants." It is worth noting that over the past months, dozens of horrific and shocking testimonies have been recorded about the torture carried out against Gaza detainees, in addition to a series of crimes that reflect the level of brutality that the Israeli enemy system has reached. The (Sde Teiman) camp has been the most prominent example of torture crimes against Gaza detainees, and the level of crimes against them remains the same according to many recent visits to detainees from Gaza in various prisons and camps. Whatsapp Telegram Email Print
Saba Yemen
24-03-2025
- Politics
- Saba Yemen
Palestinian teenager prisoner martyred in Israeli jail
Ramallah - Saba: The Palestinian Commission of Prisoners' Affairs and the Prisoners' Club announced late on Sunday the martyrdom of minor detainee Walid Khaled Abdullah Ahmed (17 years old) from the town of Silwad, east of Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, in Megiddo Prison. In a joint statement, they explained that his martyrdom adds another martyr to the list of those who have died as a result of the systematic crimes perpetrated by the prison system in an unprecedented manner since the start of the war of extermination on October 7, 2023. The war on prisoners represents another aspect of the genocide. They stated that the minor martyr, Walid Ahmed, was arrested on September 30, 2024, and remains detained to this day. The circumstances of his martyrdom have not yet been confirmed. The Prisoners' Authority and the Prisoners' Club clarified that the minor Walid is the (63) martyr to have been killed since the beginning of the war of extermination, and that only those whose identities are known, including at least (40) from Gaza. This makes this the bloodiest phase in the history of the prisoners' movement since 1967. This brings the number of martyrs from the prisoners' movement whose identities are known since 1967 to (300), noting that there are dozens of martyrs from Gaza detainees who are subject to enforced disappearance. The number of martyr prisoners whose bodies are being held has also risen to (72), including (61) since the beginning of the war. They added that the case of the martyrdom of the minor detainee Ahmed constitutes a new crime in the record of the Zionist system of brutality, which has reached its peak since the beginning of the war of extermination. They emphasized that the rising number of martyrs among prisoners and detainees will take a more dangerous turn as more time passes for thousands of prisoners and detainees to be held in enemy prisons, and as they continue to be subjected to systematic crimes, most notably torture, starvation, assaults of all kinds, medical crimes, sexual assaults, and the deliberate imposition of conditions that lead to serious and contagious diseases, in addition to policies of theft and deprivation—unprecedented in their scope. They held the enemy fully responsible for his martyrdom. They renewed their call for the international human rights community to move forward with effective decisions to hold the enemy's leaders accountable for the war crimes they continue to commit against the Palestinian people. They also called for sanctions to be imposed on the enemy that would place it in a state of clear international isolation, restore the human rights community to its fundamental role, put an end to the horrific state of impotence it has endured during the war of extermination, and end the exceptional immunity granted by the former colonial powers to the Zionist enemy, which considers them above accountability, accountability, and punishment. Whatsapp Telegram Email Print
