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Detention in Ramallah raises number of Palestinian journalists held to about 40
The detention of Palestinian journalist Muhammad Awad by the Israeli army in Ramallah has raised the number of journalists held in Israeli prisons to about 40. The Palestinian Prisoners’ Club said five of the detained journalists are women and 19 are being held under administrative detention.
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Club said the Israeli army detained Palestinian journalist Muhammad Awad on Wednesday morning in Ramallah, a city in the occupied West Bank. The club said the detention brought the number of journalists held in Israeli prisons to about 40.
The club said five of the detained journalists are women and noted that 19 journalists are being held under administrative detention in the West Bank.
Detentions targeting journalists
According to the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club, more than 250 journalists were detained or arrested since the war began in Gaza in October 2023. The figure includes those still in prison as well as those who were later released.
The club said three journalists remain under house arrest. It also said journalists have faced daily attacks while carrying out their work and that journalists have been killed in Gaza.
Claims about the fate of journalists
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Club claimed that more than 260 journalists have been killed since the war began. It also alleged that two of them died in Israeli prisons.
The club said the fate of journalists Nidal al-Wahidi and Haitham Abd al-Wahid remains unknown because they were forcibly disappeared. It alleged that arrest, killing, torture and enforced disappearance are part of a systematic policy aimed at preventing Palestinians from documenting their experiences and making conditions in prisons visible.
Administrative detention and prison conditions
The club’s statement said journalists in the West Bank are held under administrative detention without charge or trial on the basis of a “secret file.” It also said social media platforms are used to increase pressure on journalists and further control their field of work.
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Club listed starvation, medical neglect, torture, ill-treatment, sexual assault and harsh detention conditions among the violations it said journalists have faced. The club also called on international human rights organizations to protect journalists and guarantee their right to carry out their work.
Palestinian and Israeli human rights organizations said that more than 9,400 Palestinian detainees are held in Israeli prisons. They said 92 of them are women and more than 370 are children, and alleged that torture, starvation and medical neglect have led to the deaths of dozens of people.
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