Palestinian women, including the mothers and wives of administrative detainees, hand deliver a letter to the United Nations urging for action to end the Israeli governments policy of administrative detention. Administrative detention is imprisonment without process or trial and without any need for any reason to be specified; it can be extended indefinitely and arbitrarily. Administrative detainees are currently hunger striking for an end to administrative detention. من: أمهات وزوجات المعتقلين الإداريين والأسرى في سجون الاحتلال الإسرائيلي On Tuesday 13 May 2014, mothers, wives and family members of prisoners delivered petitions to the United Nations and International Committee of the Red Cross urging their immediate intervention for the lives of the hunger strikers, as well as to urge the end of the policy of administrative detention. The petition, signed by 164 women, including 38 wives, sisters and mothers of prisoners. The text of the letter is below. 13 May 2014 Mr. Ban Ki-moon Secretary-General United Nations New York, NY 10017 RE: Urgent Call for an Immediate End to the Administrative Detention of Palestinian Prisoners, from women in solidarity, including the mothers and wives of Administrative Detainees and Prisoners Dear Secretary-General, We, the undersigned mothers and wives of administrative detainees and prisoners in Israeli occupation prisons, hereby announce our deep concern for the lives of our detained children and husbands in the aforementioned prisons who announced a general hunger strike on 24 April 2014 in demand for the end to the policy of administrative detention. Administrative detention is based on a process of arbitrary arrest and allows the Israeli military to hold prisoners indefinitely on secret information without charging them or allowing them to stand trial. We also express our deep concerns and fears with respect to additional violations perpetrated against the prisoners such as solitary confinement, arbitrary transfers, raids, and strip-searches, all of which are committed by the administration of the Israeli Prison Service. There are currently 192 administrative detainees in the occupation’s prisons, among them 8 elected members of the Palestinian Legislative Council. Many administrative detainees have recently entered their third week of hunger strikes, while many others are engaged in individual hunger strikes. Among them is the administrative detainee Ayman Tbeisheh, from Hebron, who began his hunger strike on 28 February 2014, and has since been placed in Assaf Harove’ hospital, where his health is critically deteriorating. Adnan Shenitah, from Bethlehem, is another such administrative detainee who has been conducting an open hunger strike since 22 March 2014 in protest of his administrative detention. He is currently being held in Tel Hashomir’ hospital where his health is in a serious condition. The administrative detainees’ situation has reached a critical point, and alongside them, we are calling for immediate action to end the harrowing policy of administrative detention forever. The human rights organization Amnesty International has collected evidence over several years suggesting that administrative detention is regularly used by the Israeli occupation as a form of political arrest, which allows the authorities to detain political prisoners, including prisoners of conscience, who are arbitrarily arrested and punished for their beliefs, or on suspicion of political affiliation but without having committing any crime. Administrative detainees spend months and sometimes years in Israeli prisons without trial and without knowing the details of the accusations or charges against them. As most or all of the material that is used to justify an arrest warrant is withheld from the detainees and from their lawyers, it is impossible for the detainees to defend themselves or refute the allegations against them. As administrative detention orders are renewable without limit, administrative detainees are never made aware when they may be released. Further, there is noguarantee toprevent the recurrence of administrative detention on any individual, or to prevent the implementation of more drastic measures. We urge you to stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people in accordance with theUN’s decision to designate 2014 as a year of solidarity with the Palestinian people, and to take urgent action to save the lives of our children and to pressure the occupation to end its policy of administrative detention against Palestinians which is direct violation of International human rights and humanitarian laws and other conventions and treaties. Signed, Badera Fuqaha, wife of PLC member and hunger striker Abd-Al Jaber Fuqaha Amal Ruheimeh, mother of hunger striker Ahmad Rimawi and wife of hunger striker Ishraq Rimawi Anwar Badi, sister of detainee Salem Badi, hunger striker and administrative detainee Muntaha Tawil, wife of the administrative detainee and hunger striker Jamal Tawil Amana Ramahi, wife of PLC member and hunger striker Mahmoud Ramahi Bushra Ramahi, daughter of PLC member and hunger striker Mahmoud Ramahi Siham Ramahi, sister of administrative detainee on hunger strike Ilham Hammad, sister of administrative detainee on hunger strike Fatma Mohammad Romana, mother of the prisoners Mohammad Romana and Hamdi Romana Nadia Mohammad Bawatna, mother of a prisoner Mudalala Mohammad Bajes Nada, wife of hunger striker Falah Nada Sima Sami, fiancé of hunger striker Fadi Hammad Abeer Romana, wife of administrative detainee Mirvat Abu-Qweik, wife of administrative detainee Rima Abd-Al Hameed Hussein, mother of detainee Rana Barghouthi, sister of administrative detainee Rami Barghouthi Sumoud Sa’adat, daughter of PLC member Ahmad Sa’adat Kifah Al-Aqra’, mother of the prisoner Nahed Al-Aqra Butheina Al-Ouori, mother of detainee Ghada Mazen Abed, sister of administrative detainee Asmaa Nada, daughter of hunger striker Falah Nada Widad Ahmad Ata Issa, mother of administrative detainee Rihab Nawara, mother of prisoner with a life sentence Najah Hassan, sister of a prisoner Leila Bawatnah, sister of administrative detainee Anam Makhlouf, mother of prisoner Ni’meh Hussein Arouri, mother of prisoner Itaf Zayyad, relative of a prisoner Khuloud Zakariyah Muthloum, sister of prisoner Khadija Abdallah, mother of administrative detainee Samaher Fuqaha, relative of prisoner Rasmiyeh Fuqaha, relative of prisoner Fa’ida Arrabi, mother of prisoner Su’ad Adel Barghouthi, mother of prisoner Fathiyyeh Sa’id Barghouthi, mother of prisoner Khaldiyya Ramahi, sister of administrative detainee Suheil Barghouthi, mother of a prisoner Watfa Ali, mother of prisoner This letter is signed by 164 Palestinian women, including 38 mothers, wives and sisters of prisoners.
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