Israeli prison authorities intensifying abuses against Palestinian women prisoners, relatives say
According to the Palestinian Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs Commission, women prisoners have been subjected to regular strip searches, arbitrary room inspections and confiscation of clothes and other essential items.
At least 94 female prisoners in the Damon Prison are "suffering" in worsening conditions that are “beyond all imaginable limits”, the commission said in a statement last week.
"Hundreds of testimonies from prisoners reveal shocking and horrific accounts of what has occurred and is ongoing against both male and female prisoners,” said the commission, basing its statement on recent visits made by lawyers to the prisoners.
“This includes the testimonies of female prisoners from Gaza, who have faced violations and crimes more severe and cruel than ever since the war began.”