“Administrative detention is an open punishment and a serious crime that affects our lives and imposes on us a bitter and tragic reality in light of an unknown future.” This is how the released prisoner, Sabri Mahmoud, described the experience of administrative detention 5 times during the past years, stressing the importance of supporting the next movement of prisoners against this defunct British legacy. .

Mahmoud, 35 years old, from Jenin, was detained without charge or trial, according to him, under the pretext of a secret file for 5 years, during which he lost his business, was unable to complete his education, and has not married until today.

The prisoner, Mahmoud, told Al-Quds.com: “Whoever controls the prisoner is the Israeli security apparatus. He arrests the Palestinian based on suspicions and reports, and there is no evidence or proof. Therefore, the easiest option for them is administrative detention, which takes away our freedom, confiscates our rights, and keeps us hostages in their fist, without the slightest just human rights.” ".

Mahmoud stated that throughout his detention, he was not charged with any indictment, nor was he presented to a fair court that would guarantee him all his rights, explaining that the appeal session was a fabricated play between representatives of the Israeli intelligence prosecution and the court judge who always implements their instructions and requests, so that the prisoner remains a hostage to their grip. Until further notice, he means, as he says, "imprisonment for a year, two years, and three without any legal action, with depriving the prisoner of all his rights."

The editor, Mahmoud, referred to the detainee's great suffering throughout the period of administrative detention in terms of anxiety and psychological pressure on his life and fate. He is arrested and his fate is at the hands of the Israeli Shin Bet, and he keeps thinking about whether he will be extended? Will he be sent for interrogation?

The liberator, Mahmoud, called for supporting all the prisoners' movement and their upcoming battle, which was decided by the Supreme Committee in the middle of this month.

The families of the prisoners

At this time, the families of the prisoners expressed their concern and support for the decision to go on a hunger strike, and citizen Um Saeed from Jenin said, "Two years ago, the occupation arrested my son Basil Hussein Nasser under the pretext of a secret file without charge or trial. The lawyer filed an appeal and objection, but to no avail. He is still He is detained and we do not know his concern."

She added, "My son is a university student who has no political activity. He does not belong to an organization or faction. They arrested him from our house, and he was not subjected to investigation. So how long will his detention continue, destroy his future, and prevent him from completing his studies and returning to his life."

Support and support

Umm Al-Saeed, like other mothers of administrative prisoners, confirmed that she will join her son and go on hunger strike to demand his freedom.

In turn, the mother of the prisoner, Jamal Abdullah, who is administratively detained for the sixth time, said: "They have no choice but to go on hunger strike to wrest their freedom. 7 years have been lost from my son's life because of his arrests, so how long will this injustice continue?"

And she demanded that everyone go out with the families of the prisoners to the streets, and raise the voice of freedom, saying: "Enough of this injustice and punishment, we want them to be free among us."