Israeli occupation forces continue holding 86 women in Damoun prison

OCCUPIED PALESTINE, Aug. 08 (YPA) – The Palestinian Commission of Detainees’ Affairs stated in a report issued on Tuesday  that the Israeli occupation authorities are still holding 86 Palestinian women, all of them are detained in Damoun prison, except for 2 detainees held in Almaskoubya detention center.

The lawyer of the commission managed to visit both detainees Hadeel Shatara,32, from Ramallah, who is detained since two months and sentenced to six months of administrative detention, and Salwa Hamdan, 45, from Bethlehem, detained since 4 months and still under custody.

The commission confirmed that detainees have suffered from respiratory problems in the past few days, due to spraying insecticide, which caused bad smells that affected their health conditions, as they spend the most of the day inside the rooms.

The Commission emphasized that the health and living conditions of women detainees in Damoun prison are still the same, where they are subjected to sanctions, lack of clothes, water and food.

They also suffer from the high temperature and humidity, in addition to the lack of daily basic needs, where these measures are used as a means of torture and deprivation, according to the report.

@E.Y.M