Israeli Occupation Authorities (IOA) issued 36 administrative detention orders on Sunday against a number of Palestinian detainees held in various Israeli prisons for periods ranging between three to six months.
Mahmmud Halabi lawyer of the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) said on Sunday that 10 out of 36 detainees received administrative detention orders for the first time while the remaining 26 Palestinians received renewed administrative detention orders.
Israel’s widely condemned policy of administrative detention allows detention of Palestinian detainees without charge or trial for renewable intervals usually ranging between three and six months based on undisclosed evidence that even a detainee’s lawyer is barred from viewing.
Rights groups say that Israel’s administrative detention policy has been used as an attempt to disrupt Palestinian political processes notably targeting Palestinian politicians activists and journalists.
