Violations against Palestinian Prisoners 2013

This report examines the violations committed by the Israeli occupation forces and the Israeli Prison Services (IPS) against Palestinians prisoners and detainees throughout the different stages of their arrest and detention during 2013. The report focuses on several events and violations including physical and psychological torture that Palestinian prisoners and detainees face, the occupation authority’s attempts to legalize force-feeding and its dangerous effects on the rights and even the lives of prisoners and detainees on hunger strike, and finally the issue of individual hunger strikes.