Prisoners & Detainees
Israel issues 42 new and renewed administrative detention orders
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Israeli occupation authorities issued administrative detention orders against 42 detainees, according to the Prisoners and Released Detainees Affairs Commission. The orders combined newly issued warrants with renewals of existing detention measures across varying time periods. Among those named in the commission's statement was Badr Saleh Badr Sabih from al-Khader.
Administrative detention under Israeli military law permits authorities to hold Palestinians without trial or formal charges for successive six-month periods. The mechanism has drawn sustained criticism from international human rights organizations, which contend it violates due process protections and international humanitarian law. Israel maintains the tool is necessary for security purposes in the occupied Palestinian territories.
