Aggressions of the Special Units of the Israeli Prison Service against Prisoners and Detainees during Transfers and Raids

Palestinian prisoners and detainees in the Israeli occupation’s jails suffer from a multitude of violations of their rights enshrined in international norms and conventions, which are composed of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and International Human Rights Law (IHRL).They are subjected to physical and psychological torture and other cruel, degrading and inhuman forms of treatment and punishment. Palestinian and international human rights organizations have documented over 100 methods of torture used against them during interrogations by the Israeli occupation’s military and security forces. Affidavits by prisoners and detainees indicate the ill-treatment and torture practiced against them by the different components, elements and personnel of the Israeli Prison Service (IPS), as well as their poor living conditions due to the IPS’ disregard of the provisions of IHL and IHRL that apply to them and its financial and legal responsibility towards them, denying them the legal status of prisoners of war and freedom fighters. This report seeks to expose the aggressions by the IPS Special Forces against Palestinian prisoners and detainees during their transport and the raids of their sections and cells in prison over a period of three years (2009-2012).

Palestinian prisoners and detainees in the Israeli occupation’s jails suffer from a multitude of violations of their rights enshrined in international norms and conventions, which are composed of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and International Human Rights Law (IHRL).They are subjected to physical and psychological torture and other cruel, degrading and inhuman forms of treatment and punishment. Palestinian and international human rights organizations have documented over 100 methods of torture used against them during interrogations by the Israeli occupation’s military and security forces. Affidavits by prisoners and detainees indicate the ill-treatment and torture practiced against them by the different components, elements and personnel of the Israeli Prison Service (IPS), as well as their poor living conditions due to the IPS’ disregard of the provisions of IHL and IHRL that apply to them and its financial and legal responsibility towards them, denying them the legal status of prisoners of war and freedom fighters. This report seeks to expose the aggressions by the IPS Special Forces against Palestinian prisoners and detainees during their transport and the raids of their sections and cells in prison over a period of three years (2009-2012).