About 500 Palestinian administrative detainees on Saturday continue to boycott the Israeli courts for the 113th day in a row in protest against Israel’s illegal policy of administrative detention.
The administrative detainees began the new year by refusing to show up for their court sessions. The boycott includes the initial hearings to uphold the administrative detention order as well as appeal hearings and later sessions at the Supreme Court.
Under the banner “Our decision is freedom … no to administrative detention” administrative detainees said in a statement their move comes as a continuation of longstanding Palestinian efforts “to put an end to the unjust administrative detention practiced against our people by the occupation forces”.
They also noted that Israel’s use of the policy has expanded in recent years to include women children and elderly people.
Administrative detainees are held in custody without charge or trial for indefinite renewable periods.
