The PA security forces committed over the past year 4175 human rights violations the Palestinian committee of political prisoners’ families said.
1125 Palestinians were arrested at the hands of PA forces in 2016 for their political affiliation the committee said.
1089 others were summoned for investigation over their political activities during the same reported period it added.
The detainees included ex-prisoners university students and relatives of Palestinian prisoners and martyrs the sources clarified.
The PA’s human rights violations coincided with deteriorating economic conditions as unemployment rates reached the highest ever recorded level in the West Bank.
