Ramallah - Saba:
The Palestinian Prisoners' Affairs Authority and the Palestinian Prisoners' Club announced on Sunday that two Israeli courts had decided to postpone the trials of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons until Wednesday.
The next day, they also prevented prisoners' families from attending court.
According to a joint statement by the Prisoners' Affairs Commission and the Palestinian Prisoners' Club, "due to the current situation, the Ofer and Salem military courts have decided to postpone all hearings until June 18."
The two institutions indicated that detention extension and administrative detention sessions will continue, and that prisoners' families will not be allowed to attend their relatives' hearings.
Administrative detention is a detention order issued by an Israeli military order, allegedly based on a security threat, without an indictment. The detention period extends to six months, subject to renewal. The intelligence service presents a so-called secret file to the court, which the lawyer and/or the detainee are prohibited from reviewing.
The total number of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons reached approximately 10,400 by the end of May. This does not include all detainees from the Gaza Strip held in Israeli military camps, as the Israeli authorities acknowledge the detention of 2,214 Palestinians from Gaza alone, according to the Commission and the Club.
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