Dozens of Palestinian women held as political prisoners of Israel
A second Palestinian woman placed in ‘administrative detention’ in Israel in two days; without trial or charge and based on “secret” evidence not even available for her attorney.
RAMALLAH, Dec 17, 2019 (WAFA) — Less than 24 hours after the Israeli authorities have placed a Palestinian woman in administrative detention, another woman was today slammed with administrative detention, according to the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS).
It said Shatha Hasan, 20, from the Ramallah district, who was detained on December 11 at her family home, was placed in administrative detention for three months without charge or trial and based on “secret” evidence not even available for her attorney.
Yesterday, the Israeli authorities also issued an administrative detention order for four months against Bushra Tawil, 26, who was also detained on December 11 at her al-Bireh family home in the Ramallah area during an after midnight army raid.
The PPS said in addition to Hasan and Tawil, two other Palestinian women — Ala Bashir, 23, from Qalqilya, detained on July 24, and Shorouk Badan, 25, from, Bethlehem, detained on July 25 — are also serving time in administrative detention.
It said another 38 Palestinian women are currently serving prison time in Israeli jails for their resistance of the occupation, including a 17-year-minor identified as Afnan Abu Sneineh, from Hebron.
The PPS said the Israeli forces detained 110 women since the start of the year. Many were later released.
