The Zionist state uses ‘renewable detention without charge’ to silence human rights defenders.
On Tuesday, the military court at Israel’s Ofer prison approved a six-month administrative detention order — without charges and renewable indefinitely — for prominent Palestinian activist Ayman Ghrayeb.
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“The summary proceeding was conducted in secret and behind closed doors, denying Ghrayeb’s own lawyer access to any information about the accusations against him beyond a vague insinuation of incitement, and without disclosing any evidence to prove or refute the alleged charges,” according to a statement shared by Bilal, Ayman Ghrayeb’s brother.
The Palestinian activist has already served one month of the term while in custody. “We don’t know anything about Ayman right now,” Bilal said in a text message exchange, explaining that Israeli authorities have prevented his lawyer from visiting him in prison.
Ghrayeb is being held under administrative detention, a measure Israel applies to Palestinians detained in the West Bank, under which detainees can be held without trial, without formal charges and for an indefinite period in renewable six-month terms.
Today: activists protested in front of Ofer prison where many Palestinians are being held and tortured. The protestors demanded the release of activists Ayman Ghrayeb and all political prisoners. Ayman was kidnapped by the occupation forces and is being held in administrative… pic.twitter.com/NKIOhOTT5c
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As of late September, Israel was holding 3,474 Palestinians in prison under the “administrative detention” method, according to estimates by the Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem.
Israeli occupation forces detained Ghrayeb on Nov. 17 in the village of Fasayil, in the Jordan Valley, east of the West Bank. He was in the village documenting violence by Israeli settlers in the area, an activity he regularly carries out in the Palestinian territory.
Human rights defenders said Israeli soldiers confiscated the phone and camera Ghrayeb uses to film settlers. One witness to the arrest said Ayman received a call from the Shin Bet before the detention, intimidating him over his activism.
Immediately after his arrest, Ghrayeb was held at the Israeli military base of Samra, in the Jordan Valley. Zionist soldiers kept him handcuffed, without access to food, and subjected him to beatings for three days. Initially, both the Israeli army and police denied that Ghrayeb was in their custody.
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