Demonstration in front of Ansar (Ketsi’ot) Detention Camp by Taayush 7:05pm Fri May 31 '02 On Friday, June 7th, Ta'ayush and the Association of the Prisoner will hold a demonstration in front of Ansar detention camp. print article We will express our solidarity with the detainees and prisoners, demanding to deliver personal parcels and a delegation of lawyers. We will demonstrate against administrative detention and political arrests at the place which has become the symbol of oppression – Ansar detention permise, which has been recently reopened. We will protest against 35 years of occupation at the gates to the detention camp, at the end of the Negev, another place where the occupation is perpetuated day by day, far away from our eyes. All the Left organizations, as well as Va’adat Hama’akav, are invited to the demonstration. Details about transportation and the collection of items for the parcels will be given as soon as possible. Please reserve next Friday Background: Thousands of Palestinians are detained in military detention facilities. They are concentrated in great density, suffer from hunger and hardly have any contact with the outside world. Some of their families still don’t know where they are or what has become of them, and they cannot see a lawyer. Hundreds of people are held in administrative detention: they don't know why they were arrested, and actually they are not suspected of anything specific. They don't have even a trial to wait for. Many have been arrested in mass arrests - the army concentrated all men in their villages and towns and took them for detention in Megido, Ofer base, and Ktsi'ot detention camp – Ansar. Some were taken from their homes in the middle of the night with only their underwear on. The detainees eat very little and very poorly, sleep in tents on wooden bunks, and suffer from heat during the day and cold at night. Medical care is insufficient, sanitation is poor, and no newspapers in Arabic are available. The voice of Humanitarian and Human Rights organizations is ignored by the courts and the media. The detainees’ suffering is unseen to the public eye. The State of Israel is selling to the world and to its citizens a moral and righteous image, while hiding dark deeds. But we see in the dark: we will not shut our eyes. add your comments

HELLO: by D 11:32pm Fri May 31 '02 print comment MUCH RESPECT FOR YOU ACTIVISTS FROM ABROAD! add your comments