Coalition européenne
de soutien aux prisonniers palestiniens
Coalición europea de apoyo a los prisioneros palestinos
Europäische Allianz für die Solidarität mit den Palästinensischen
Gefangenen e.V.
A Call from The European Alliance in Defence of Palestinian Detainees
Nearly 500 Palestinian administrative detainees in the prisons of the Israeli occupation authorities announced their decision to refuse to appear before the occupation courts, at the beginning of 2022.
This firm decision came as a response by these detainees to the occupation authority's practice of an arbitrary law, the Administrative Detention Law, especially.
After the Israeli courts proved that they are part of the occupation system that legitimizes its illegal procedures and provides cover for them, and does not meet the standards of fair courts, this decision was preceded by 6 administrative detainees declaring an open hunger strike for long periods, with the aim of forcing the prison authorities to release them or setting a limit on the length of their illegal detention.
Administrative detention is arbitrary detention that gives the Israeli occupation authority the right to arrest any Palestinian man or woman without his knowledge of the accusation and to imprison him for a period of up to six months, subject to extension. During the period of detention, which may sometimes reach years, the detainee is not charged with a specific charge and without being brought to court to defend himself.
