GAZA, (PIC)-- Special units from the Israeli Prison Service severely beat senior Palestinian prisoner Nael al-Barghouthi after he failed to succumb to a strip search in Ramon prison, the Gaza Prisoners’ Affairs Ministry reported.
Barghouthi agreed two days ago that he would succumb to a strip search on condition that it would take place in the bathroom. After a search, the guards handcuffed him and told him to remove his shirt, but he could not do so because he was restricted by the cuffs. The special unit then proceeded to assault him with sticks and their boots. After he screamed, Hilal Jaradat came in to help him from a nearby cell.
After the attack, Barghouthi was prohibited visitation rights for four months and banned from recreation for two months and forced to pay NIS 500 in fines among other punitive measures.
Barghouthi is the longest serving prisoner detained in Israeli occupation prisons. He has been in detention since 1978.
Thanks to the Palestine Information Center
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