This neutral sounding term is what the Israeli authorities call arrest without trial or even charge, and it's happening on an almost daily basis in the occupied West Bank. Sometimes the victims have been left to rot in prison for years before finally being released, with no explanation and certainly no apology.
If you think about it, it's not very different from what we ourselves were doing in Northern Ireland throughout the 70s and much of the 80s. And as in that country where so many analogies exist already, the inmates in Palestine have responded with hunger strikes. There are several going on right now, though of all the global news agencies, only Al Jazeira has given any coverage to this major human rights issue.
Speaking of that, there was also mention made of a number of inmates still languishing in Guantanamo Bay, ten years on, still without any charges being brought aginst them. Is that what they call due process?Their children grow up not knowing their fathers, wives with no husband to cuddle, just to keep America safe. Allegedly...
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