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Arrests,
imprisonment and torture
To read the relevant Articles in international
humanitarian law applying to
arrests, prisoners rights and
torture
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on the blue links.
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From
1967 to 1988 more than 600,000
Palestinians have been held in Israeli jail
for periods ranging from one week to life.
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During the first intifada
(1987-1994), Israel arrested some 175,000
Palestinians.
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According to the Israeli
Human Rights Organization B’tselem, 2,755
Palestinians were by 3 October 2002 detained
or imprisoned by IDF and 1,306 were detained
or imprisoned by Israeli Prisons Service
(does not include Palestinians held by
Israel Police Force).
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According to B’Tselem some
85% of Palestinian detainees have been
tortured during interrogation.
[Last updated
4 October 2002]
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