Prisoners & Detainees
Israel issues over 5,000 administrative detention orders against Palestinians
Image credit: Shehab Wire (EN)
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The Palestine Center for Prisoner Studies said Israeli occupation authorities have escalated use of administrative detention against Palestinians, issuing more than 5,000 such orders since the start of 2024, according to Shehab Wire. Administrative detention allows authorities to hold detainees without trial or formal charges for periods that can be repeatedly renewed.
The center's report underscores a sharp rise in the practice. The figures suggest a widening reliance on the detention mechanism across the occupied territories, where Palestinian security prisoners have long challenged the legality and conditions of such confinement under international law.
