Israel holding nine Palestinian legislators without charge or trial

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Days after Palestinian prisoners being held by Israel without charge or trial — a practice known as administrative detention — announced a hunger strike, the human rights group Addameer has issued a new fact sheet highlighting Israel’s persecution of Palestinian legislators.

Israel has placed in administrative detention nine legislators belonging to the Change and Reform list, which won a majority of seats in the Palestinian Legislative Council in elections held in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip in 2006. The detained legislators were all arrested in late 2012 and throughout 2013.

As of 1 April, Israel was holding a total of 186 Palestinians under administrative detention. There were a total of 5,265 Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli detention at the beginning of this month, according to Addameer.

Israel has has detained 450 Palestinians associated with the Change and Reform list in the run-up to and after the 2006 elections, Addameer states in its new fact sheet …. http://electronicintifada.net

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