팔레스타인 죄수(양심수, 장기수)에 대한 분기 보고 - QUARTERLY UPDATE ON PALESTINIAN PRISONERS

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QUARTERLY UPDATE ON PALESTINIAN PRISONERS

Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association

20 October 2010

CURRENT ARREST AND DETENTION STATISTICS[1]*

6,180   Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli detention, including:

212 administrative detainees, including 4 women and 2 children under the age of 18

37        women

264      child prisoners, including 32 under the age of 16

9          members of the Palestinian Legislative Council

584      prisoners who have been imprisoned for more than 20 years

199      Palestinians from the 1948 Territories

691      prisoners from the Gaza Strip, including 4 detained under the Unlawful Combatants Law

200      prisoners from East Jerusalem

673      approximate number of Palestinians arrested by Israel during the third quarter of 2010 (1 July – 30 September 2010). This marks a 16.6 percent decrease over the second quarter of 2010, and a 2.4 percent increase over the same period in 2009.

Number of Palestinians arrested by Israel: January 2008 – September 2010

PRISONER NEWS & ADVOCACY UPDATE

Fatal shooting of Samer Sarhan in Silwan sparks series of arrests and attacks on Palestinians in East Jerusalem neighborhood

§  The 22 September fatal shooting of Samer Sarhan, a 32-year old Palestinian resident of the Silwan neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood, and the police’s immediate release of the perpetrator of the crime, a private security guard employed by a settlers’ organization, sparked a series of clashes between Palestinian residents of Silwan and other neighborhoods of occupied East Jerusalem and the Israeli police. The clashes lasted four days, from 22 until 26 September. According to statistics released by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in the OPT, an estimated 99 Palestinians, including 17 children and one pregnant woman were injured by rubber-coated metal bullets, physical assault and tear gas inhalation in clashes with Israeli forces. A 14-month old child died as a result of tear gas inhalation in the ‘Esawiyeh neighborhood of East Jerusalem.

§  In addition, approximately 70 Palestinians were arrested by Israeli forces in several raids inside East Jerusalem neighborhoods, including Samer Sarhan’s family members.

The Arrest of Samer Sarhan’s Family Members

§  At approximately 2:30 a.m. on 29 September, Israeli undercover forces, accompanied by a large number of Border Police guards surrounded the family homes of Samer Sarhan’s brothers in Silwan. Around twenty men entered the house of Mohammad Maher Sarhan, Samer Sarhan’s nephew. They threw him onto the ground, sprayed teargas on his face from a very short distance, shackled both his legs and hands and walked him out of the house towards a private car. At the