Prisoners’ Institutions: Occupation forces arrest 415 Palestinians in February 2021
The Israeli occupation authorities continued systematic arrests of Palestinian citizens, which affected all groups, and continued to implement a number of their systematic abuse policies, and their systematic violations of the rights of prisoners and detainees guaranteed by international conventions and norms. A number of cases emerged during February 2021. We review it through cases monitored by the competent institutions in the prisoners’ affairs.
According to the follow-up of human rights institutions related to prisoners' affairs, the Israeli occupation forces arrested about (415) Palestinians during February 2021. Among them were (68) children and (12) women, and the number of administrative detention orders issued reached (70) orders, including (21) new orders and (49) renewals.
The Prisoners' Affairs and Human Rights Institutions (Prisoners Affairs Authority, Palestinian Prisoners Club, Al-Dameer Institution for Prisoner Care and Human Rights Foundation, and Wadi Hilweh Information Center - Silwan) indicated in a report issued on Wednesday, that the number of Palestinian prisoners and detainees in the occupation prisons reached about 4,400 prisoners at end of February 2021, including (36) females, while the number of children and minors in the occupation prisons reached about (140) children, and the number of administrative detainees reached about (440).
The report reviews a set of policies that the Israeli occupation continues to implement, including: the use of treatment as a tool of repression and abuse against prisoners, the policy of solitary confinement as in the case of Palestinian female prisoners in "Damon" prison, the policy of systematic incursions and harsh detention conditions such as the condition of prisoners in "Ofer" prison, and the systematic arrests of young men, and boys in particular, in Jerusalem.
