The Commission of Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners said the Israeli prison authorities at Ashkelon jail has slapped penal measures against Palestinians locked up in section 3.
The commission’s lawyer Karim Ajwa said following a field visit to Ashkelon lock-up that section 3 has been closed off by Israeli jailers blocking the detainees access to open areas in the prison.
Other crackdowns included delays in meal delivery medical neglect and denial of medical referrals among other measures.
Ajwa added that tension has been running high in Ashkelon as a result of such castigatory tactics.
Prisoner Mohamed Naji Abu Hamid appealed to the international human rights institutions to take urgent action so as to pressurize Israel to cease such arbitrary measures against Palestinians held behind Israeli prison bars.
Abu Hamid held the Israeli prison authorities responsible for the repercussions of such crackdowns on the health condition of sick detainees.
