Ramallah: The Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoner's Society (PPS) announced on Tuesday that occupation authorities have issued and renewed administrative detention orders against 52 Palestinian detainees.
According to Palestine News and Information Agency - WAFA, the organizations stated in a joint declaration that the occupation is intensifying its use of administrative detention against Palestinians, citing the existence of a 'secret file' as justification. They highlighted that the current number of administrative detainees has surged to 3,442 since the start of March.
Israel employs the controversial policy of administrative detention, which permits the detention of Palestinians without formal charges or trials. These detentions can be renewed indefinitely, typically ranging from three to six months, based on confidential evidence that is not accessible even to the detainee's legal representation.
Israeli human rights group B'Tselem has criticized this practice, stating, "Israel's use of administrative detention blatantly violates the restrictions of international law. Israel carries it out in a highly classified manner that denies detainees the possibility of mounting a proper defense."
