Palestinians warn of abusive measures against Freedom Tunnel prisoners

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Al Mayadeen
19 Jul 2023 23:33
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Muhjat Al-Quds, the Palestinian prisoners' foundation, warn that allegations about discovering nails and razors are a pretext for perpetrating abusive measures against them.

Palestinians attend a rally in solidarity with the six Palestinian prisoners of the tunnel of freedom on September 8, 2021, in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip (Israeli media)

The Muhjat Al-Quds institution condemned the perpetarting and abusive measures by the occupation prison administration on the prisoners of the Freedom Tunnel.

"The prison administration's claim of confiscating nails, razors, and other materials from the cells of the reimprisoned heroes who sought out freedom through the Gilboa Tunnel, is a flimsy and invalid pretext to abuse them and impose more penalties on them," Mohjat al-Quds said in a statement.

"The zionists' allegations aim to justify the search of their cells by the units of repression, confiscate their belongings and distress them."

Furthermore, Mohjat al-Quds called on human rights organizations and international institutions to "assume their responsibilities towards the six prisoners who have been subjected to the most heinous crimes in Zionist cells for more than 22 months," warning against "isolating them and leaving them prey to the criminal occupation."

On their part, the Waed Prisoners' Affairs Association warned of the consequences of the Israeli occupation's retaliatory measures against the prisoners who have been subject to the punishment of solitary confinement for two years under brutal conditions.

"The claims of the so-called 'Israeli Prison Service' to find dangerous and prohibited materials such as razors and nails inside the isolation cells of the prisoners of the Freedom Tunnel, expresses the extent of the occupation's obsession with these heroes and all our revolutionary prisoners."

This week, the forces of repression stormed the cells of the six Freedom Tunnel prisoners and searched their belongings.

The Occupation Prisons Administration claimed that it found prohibited tools with the prisoners, such as "nails, razors, and other materials," saying that they would be subjected to abusive measures as punishment.