Lawyers for Justice expresses its deep concern
at allegations of torture and miss-treatment received by the Political
Intelligence Detainee in Ramallah, Hamza Dar Abu Rabee (20 years old), who is a
resident of the Western Farm in Ramallah.
In details, the General
Intelligence Service arrested the young man, Abu Rabi`, from his workplace in a
restaurant in the city of Al-Bireh on Sunday, December 22nd, knowing that Abu
Rabi` is one of the wounded and is listed on the list of the wounded of the
uprising, and he suffers from several diseases.
On the day after his
arrest, Monday, December 23, Hamza Dar Abu Rabi ‘was presented to the Public
Prosecution office in Ramallah, and by him the office of “Lawyers for
Justice”, where Hamza raised before the Public Prosecutor allegations of
torture and miss-treatment, as he said by hanging his hands on the wall. And
prevented him from taking a shower, as he suffers from a skin disease that
necessitates his daily bathing, and his medications were only available on
Monday evening, December 23, after his father was allowed to enter with his
medication.
In the context of the
allegation of miss-treatment, Hamza said that he was threatened with placing a
wet pouch in his mouth, and was also threatened with further torture, as
investigators told him, “what’s coming is the greatest,” according to
his account before the prosecution.
The prosecution had
charged Dar Abu Rabei with the charge of collecting recipients of funds from
illegal associations, but he told the Public Prosecutor in the presence of
“Lawyers for Justice” that his investigation revolved around his
political activity.
On Tuesday, the
Magistrate Court extended the detention of political detainee Hamza Dar Abu
Rabi for 15 days at the request of the Public Prosecution.
Lawyers for Justice
considers this statement a communication to the Prosecutor General to open an
investigation into the allegations of torture and miss-treatment reported by
Dar Abu Rabi, in compliance with the international agreements and treaties
related to torture and miss-treatment signed by the State of Palestine.
Hamza Dar Abu Rabee
