“Although he was standing several meters away, I was sure that it was his goal to see that I was kicked and pushed down the stairs. He wanted to see me fall.”

Date of birth: 15 April 1981
Place of residence: Tiyasir Tubas, near Jenin
Date of arrest: 4 December 2007
Place of detention: Ofer Prison

Postal Address: Ofer Prison, Givat Zeev, P.O. Box 3007, via Israel

ARREST

On 14 December 2007, Hassan Yusef Hassan Dabak was accosted by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) as he walked down a Jericho street. He found himself suddenly surrounded by military vehicles on either side and faced with a barrage of raised weapons. An Israeli military commander approached Hassan, asked him for his name and slapped him across the face. The soldiers then handcuffed him, placed a black bag over his head and transported him to the Israeli police station at the Jericho District Coordination Office (DCO). Read the rest of this entry »

Date of birth: 30 August 1976
Place of residence: Nablus
Status: Married
Date of arrest: 11 November 2009

Postal address: HaSharon Prison, Even Yehuda, P.O. Box 7, 40330 Israel

ARREST

Nelli Zahi As’ad Sa’id As-Safadi was arrested by the Israeli army on 11 November 2009 at an Israeli military checkpoint between Nablus and Hebron in the occupied West Bank. After stopping her at the checkpoint and confirming her identify, the soldiers took Nelli for a body search, without informing her of their intent to conduct the procedure or securing her consent. After the body search, Nelli was formally arrested and was transferred by military jeep to Petah Tiqva Interrogation and Detention Center inside Israel. Immediately after her arrival to Petah Tiqva, she was taken for a cursory physical examination, and then Israeli authorities began to interrogate her. At no stage during this process of arrest and detention was she informed of the reasons behind her arrest, nor was she permitted to call her family or a lawyer to inform them of what had happened. Read the rest of this entry »

Age: 27 years old
Occupation:  sociology student
Marital Status:     single
Place of Detention: Ashkelon detention centre
Date of Arrest:    18 March 2009

Arrest and interrogation

Ala was arrested on the 18 March 2009 from his family home. He was transferred to Etzion detention centre and then Ashkelon interrogation centre. A detainee nicknamed Haitham testified to the interrogator there that he was working for the workers’ and students’ union Read the rest of this entry »

As Said Abu Aidah’s house in eastern Jabalya was bombed during Israel’s Cast Lead operation, he sought refuge together with his family at his cousin’s house, located nearby. On 3 January 2009 however, the Israeli army stormed his cousin’s house ordering everyone to step outside. Read the rest of this entry »