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On International Women's Day ... the suffering of Palestinian female prisoners in the detention camps of the Israeli occupation has worsened

2021-03-08T11:49:25.220Z


Occupied Jerusalem - SANA, at a time when the whole world celebrates Women's Day on the 8th of March every year


Occupied Jerusalem - SANA

At a time when the whole world celebrates Women's Day on the 8th of March of every year in recognition of her great achievements and sacrifices, Palestinian women under Israeli occupation face harsh conditions of killing, arrest, torture and displacement, and their suffering is exacerbated in their prisons as female prisoners are subjected to arbitrary practices that violate all international charters and laws that stipulate Protecting women and safeguarding their rights.

Palestinian human rights reports documented the journey of torment, pain and suffering that Palestinian women go through when the occupation forces arrest them, as they are subjected to the most heinous forms of abuse and psychological and physical torture in addition to deliberate medical neglect, solitary isolation and denial of their relatives' visit to them and the embrace of their children.

The Palestinian Prisoners Club clarified in a statement on the occasion of International Women's Day that the occupation has arrested 35 Palestinian women, including 8 wounded women, who were shot during the arrest operations, and 11 who had children and were deprived of seeing them, pointing out that the female prisoners have been facing, like all the prisoners since the beginning of the Corona epidemic, double isolation due to the prevention of visits by their relatives and that despite The repeated demands of the occupation over the past year to allow them to communicate by phone with their families, but he refuses to respond.

The statement referred to the difficult conditions of the sick female prisoners, especially the wounded, as a result of the occupation’s deliberate delay in providing treatment to them, and that the most difficult and dangerous case is the case of Israa Al-Jaabees, who needs a series of surgeries in the hands, ears and face, and a suit for treating burns.

Head of the Studies and Documentation Unit at the Prisoners Affairs Authority, Abdel Nasser Farawana, explained in a statement to SANA's correspondent that the occupation has arrested 16,000 Palestinian women since 1948 and is currently detaining 35 Palestinian women in harsh conditions due to the arbitrary occupation measures that violate their rights.

Farwana pointed out that many messages were sent to international institutions to demand their intervention and pressure on the occupation to release Palestinian prisoners in light of their increasing suffering, especially after the outbreak of the Corona epidemic in the prisons, pointing out that the prisoner Israa is an example that summarizes the suffering of female prisoners, as she suffers from burns all over her body and the occupation refuses to provide The necessary treatment for her and her family's visit to her.

For her part, Aisha al-Kurd, Commissioner of the Female Prisoners' File at the Prisoners Affairs Authority, spoke about her experience in detention, saying: The occupation forces arrested me at the beginning of the first stone uprising in 1988 and I was pregnant at the time and was subjected to physical torture in addition to being prevented from obtaining food in an attempt by the occupation to abort me, but I resisted in The face of the occupation that uses all kinds of torture to undermine the steadfastness of Palestinian women, but it will not be able to achieve its goal.

The Kurds indicated that she gave birth to her son Yasser while she was handcuffed by hands and feet in June 1988, a month after her arrest, pointing out that he was martyred during the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip in 2014 and confirming that she and the women of Palestine have committed to the covenant in continuing the resistance and struggle against the Israeli occupation and its arbitrary practices against the Palestinian people who uphold their rights. Legitimate.

Palestinian Minister of Women's Affairs Amal Hamad clarified that Women's Day should be an occasion to remind the international community of the suffering of Palestinian female prisoners inside the occupation prisons and the oppression they are subjected to in order to undermine their steadfastness, stressing that Palestinian women defy the occupation with steadfastness, steadfastness, and defense of their rights, and all free and women of the world must support them in their battle. Against the brutal occupation.

For her part, a member of the Political Bureau of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Maryam Abu Daqqa, said: This day comes in light of the increasing suffering of Palestinian women, for she is the martyr, wounded, and captive, and part of the national movement, and she has been involved in all fields in resisting the occupation, pointing out that the continuing violations of the occupation against female prisoners inside the prisons have not Demonstrate their resolve and steadfastness and set an example for the heroic Palestinian woman who presented and still is the most wonderful myths of sacrifice and redemption for Palestine

Muhammad Abu Shabab

Source: sena

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