PALESTINE
Thu 26 Oct 2023 4:41 pm - Jerusalem Time
Prisoners' families organize a protest in front of Red Cross headquarters in Al-Bireh City
Today, Thursday, activists and family members of detainees organized a protest in front of the Red Cross headquarters in the city of Al-Bireh, denouncing the ill-treatment of their relatives in Israeli prisons, according to Agence France-Presse.
The protesters closed the office in the town of Al-Bireh with iron chains for two hours before removing the chains again.
They criticized the silence of the Red Cross regarding what is happening in the Israeli occupation prisons, they said, pointing to the killing of two prisoners who were recently arrested by Israel after the war with the Hamas movement.
On October 23, the Israeli Prison Administration Authority claimed the death of a detainee from Megiddo Prison due to a health condition. On Monday, it also announced “the death of a detainee from Ofer Prison,” claiming that he died as a result of a “health illness,” noting that “the circumstances” of the two incidents will be “examined.”
Director of the Red Cross delegation, Arnaud Mivre, told Agence France-Presse: “The Red Cross has not been able to visit Palestinian detainees held by the occupation since the start of the war.”
He added: "The Red Cross is conducting secret discussions to arrange mechanisms for visiting detainees with the relevant authorities, and the Red Cross understands the families' concerns."
In a statement, the Prisoners' Club and the Prisoners' Affairs Authority expressed their "disapproval and your rejection of the suspicious silence surrounding the position of the International Red Cross," accusing the international organization of "collusion and bias" toward the Israeli position.
According to the latest statistics of the Palestinian Prisoners' Club, the Israeli occupation army has arrested at least 1,460 people since the start of the war in the West Bank. The occupation arrested more than 85 Palestinians at dawn today, including women, in the West Bank.
The total number of Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons reached more than 6,600.
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Prisoners' families organize a protest in front of Red Cross headquarters in Al-Bireh City