Administrative detention is a procedure under which detainees can be held without charge or trial. The order of detention can be renewed indefinitely.
* 'Abd al-Salam 'Adwan, 39, a nurse and father of five children was arrested on 7 March 2002 at his workplace in Maqassed Hospital in Jerusalem and eventually transferred to Shikma Prison in Ashkelon. His lawyer was promised access to 'Abd al-Salam 'Adwan for the first time on 24 March. But when he reached the prison he was denied access to his client.
On 26 March the lawyer was told that there was an order prohibiting 'Abd al-Salam 'Adwan from seeing his lawyer for ten days. After the order expired another order was imposed prohibiting access to a lawyer for a further five days. Only after intervention by Amnesty International and other human rights organizations was he allowed to see his lawyer for the first time after 34 days of incommunicado detention. On 13 May he was served with a six months administrative detention order.
Amnesty International calls on the Israeli Government to set up an independent commission of inquiry under the Law on Commissions of Inquiry of 1968. The commission should investigate the arbitrary arrests and the cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment immediately after detention of Palestinians arrested after 27 February 2002. Such a Commission of Inquiry should adhere to international standards for thorough, effective and independent investigations.
For more information, please visit Amnesty International in our LINKS section, or: http://www.amnesty.org
* 'Abd al-Salam 'Adwan, 39, a nurse and father of five children was arrested on 7 March 2002 at his workplace in Maqassed Hospital in Jerusalem and eventually transferred to Shikma Prison in Ashkelon. His lawyer was promised access to 'Abd al-Salam 'Adwan for the first time on 24 March. But when he reached the prison he was denied access to his client.
On 26 March the lawyer was told that there was an order prohibiting 'Abd al-Salam 'Adwan from seeing his lawyer for ten days. After the order expired another order was imposed prohibiting access to a lawyer for a further five days. Only after intervention by Amnesty International and other human rights organizations was he allowed to see his lawyer for the first time after 34 days of incommunicado detention. On 13 May he was served with a six months administrative detention order.
Amnesty International calls on the Israeli Government to set up an independent commission of inquiry under the Law on Commissions of Inquiry of 1968. The commission should investigate the arbitrary arrests and the cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment immediately after detention of Palestinians arrested after 27 February 2002. Such a Commission of Inquiry should adhere to international standards for thorough, effective and independent investigations.
For more information, please visit Amnesty International in our LINKS section, or: http://www.amnesty.org