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261 prisoners spent 20+ years in Israeli prisons: Prisoners Center

  • By Al Mayadeen English
  • Source: Al Mayadeen Net
  • 4 Aug 2022 16:22
2 Min Read

Some Palestinian prisoners have entered their 21st consecutive year in Israeli occupation prisons.

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  • 17 Palestinian prisoners have spent more than 30 years in Israeli occupation prisons
    17 Palestinian prisoners have spent more than 30 years in Israeli occupation prisons

The Palestinian Prisoners Center for Studies pointed out Thursday that the number of longest-serving prisoners in Israeli occupation prisons rose to 261, with new prisoners entering their 21st consecutive year in captivity, the last of whom was Mahmoud Ali Al-Radaydah, from Beit Lahm, who was sentenced to life imprisonment. 

The Center explained that the longest-serving prisoners are the ones who have spent more than 20 years continuously in Israeli occupation prisons, including 17 prisoners who have been detained for more than 30 years, the oldest of whom are Karim Younis and Maher Younis, who have been detained since 1983 and are expected to be released after several months. 

Read more: Long-serving Palestinian prisoners: 84 Eids away from their loved ones

The Center added that there are currently 39 prisoners whose detention period exceeded more than a quarter of a century (25 years), while there are 71 prisoners who spent between 20 and 25 years.

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The director of the Palestinian Prisoners Center for Studies, Riyad Al-Ashqar, expected that the number of longest-serving prisoners in Israeli occupation prisons would reach more than 300 by the end of the year as a result of the occupation high-sentencing dozens of prisoners, with nearly 20 years passing on their detention.

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