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Palestinian Al Jazeera journalist faces severe medical neglect in Israeli prison
The Palestinian Detainees and Ex-Detainees Authority said today that imprisoned journalist Ali al-Samoudi, 60, from Jenin, is suffering from poor health and deliberate medical neglect, the Palestinian News & Information Agency (Wafa) reported.
Al-Samoudi is held in Section 15 of the Negev prison, where he lives under harsh and inhumane conditions.
The Palestinian Detainees and Ex-Detainees Authority said today that imprisoned journalist Ali al-Samoudi, 60, from Jenin, is suffering from poor health and deliberate medical neglect, the Palestinian News & Information Agency (Wafa) reported.
Al-Samoudi is being held in Section 15 of the Negev prison, where he lives under harsh and inhumane conditions.
He said that the Negev Prison Service has refused to treat him since his arrest.
He was subjected to brutal treatment upon his arrest, having been held in a military barracks in Jenin camp for 80 hours, handcuffed and blindfolded, without water, food, or medicine.
He was also severely beaten during his transfer to Megiddo prison, where his clothes were confiscated and his glasses broken.
Al-Samoudi is detained alongside 160 others, cut off from the outside world amid what the Palestinian Detainees and Ex-Detainees Authority described as systematic starvation and ongoing assaults.
His health is said to be extremely poor, with severe stomach, colon, head and eye pain, urinary tract infections, loss of consciousness, imbalance, insomnia, and a weight loss of 40kg.
Deprived of necessities
Through the authority’s lawyer, he conveyed that detention conditions are extremely difficult and that attacks against prisoners are ongoing.
They are also deprived of basic necessities, including water, food, and medicine, he added.
“They informed me that I am being detained because I am a journalist and correspondent for Al Jazeera and Al-Quds newspaper.
“We will not bring charges against you related to your journalistic work, lest there be an international backlash and scandal for Israel.
“I was shot the day my colleague Shireen Abu Akleh was martyred, so my detention is arbitrary, unjust, and illegal,” he told the lawyer.
Al-Samoudi was arrested on May 9 and placed under administrative detention.
His detention has since been extended by another four months for the second time.
– Bernama
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