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Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Woman detainee kept in isolation for insulting prison guard

Ma'an
A woman Palestinian prisoner has been kept in solitary confinement following a verbal incident with an Israeli prison guard...

Wafa’ Al-Lubs, 26, has been held in solitary confinement at the Ar-Ramlah prison for 100 days and has been prevented from making or receiving phones calls or visitors...

Al-Lubs’ father contacted the Hussam association to visit his daughter, who expressed his deep concern for her, having received no news on his daughter.

......Al-Lubs was born on 8 July 1984 in Jabaliya, in the northern Gaza Strip, and was detained by Israeli forces in 2005 at the Erez checkpoint in northern Gaza and sentenced to 12 years.

The Hussam association said that, as a result of torture in the Israeli prison, Al-Luba has lost one of her eyes. Full story
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