""Dr. Abu Safiya described the violence perpetrated by prison guards during frequent cell searches," PHRI posted on X. "According to him, detainees receive very small amounts of food, many of them have lost a significant amount of weight, and they have been held in dirty clothes for months.""
""Six months have passed since the publishing of our report, which documented the arbitrary detention of more than 100 medical personnel from Gaza," the group continued. "Since the report's publication, our organization has visited more than 25 of them and gathered additional testimonies about ongoing physical violence, repeated cell raids, lack of food and medical treatment, and months of detention in dirty clothes.""
"All detained health care workers are "currently being held without charge, some for more than a year," according to the group, which called for their immediate release."
Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Gaza's Kamal Adwan Hospital, has lost about 55 pounds since his abduction in December and suffers a serious case of scabies. He received a new pair of clothes only on September 25, and requests for treatment of scabies and heart problems have been ignored. He described violence by prison guards during frequent cell searches, limited food rations, widespread weight loss among detainees, and prolonged detention in dirty clothes. More than 100 medical personnel from Gaza were documented as arbitrarily detained; many remain held without charge, some for over a year, with calls for their immediate release.
Read at Truthout
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]