The Israeli military court of Ofer upheld on Wednesday the administrative detention of 23 Palestinian prisoners rights group reported.
According to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) nine prisoners from various West Bank towns got six months 11 got four months two others three months and one two month.
Administrative detention is incarceration without trial or charge alleging that a person plans to commit a future offense. It has no time limit and the evidence on which it is based is not disclosed. Israel employs this measure extensively and routinely and has used it to hold thousands of Palestinians for lengthy periods of time.
While detention orders are formally reviewed this is merely a semblance of judicial oversight as detainees cannot reasonably mount a defense against undisclosed allegations. Nevertheless courts uphold the vast majority of orders.
