Palestinian prisoner Sami Al-Amour has passed away in Israeli jails, according to a statement released by the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS).
Faraan: The statement said that the Al-Amour, 39, from the city of Deir Al-Balah in the Gaza Strip, died in his prison cell as a result of intentional medical negligence, WAFA news agency reported.
He was detained by Israeli occupation in 2008 and sentenced a 19-year term.
More than 7,000 Palestinians are reportedly held in Israeli detention centers. Hundreds of them have apparently been incarcerated under administrative detention.
Israel’s widely condemned policy of administrative detention allows the detention of Palestinians without charge or trial for renewable intervals usually ranging between three and six months based on undisclosed evidence that even a detainee’s lawyer is barred from viewing
Palestinian inmates regularly stage hunger strikes in protest at their arbitrary detention and harsh conditions in Israeli prisons.
