Gaza: Detainee Died in Ambiguous Circumstances Requiring Serious Action to Reform Detention Facilities and Prisons
NOVANEWS
On Tuesday morning, 25 April 2017, the Ministry of Interior in Gaza pronounced a detained person (M. B.) (43), from Khan Yunis, dead in Deir al-Balah detention facility. The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) demands the Attorney General himself to follow up the investigation and publish its results. Preliminary indications show that the death circumstances were not normal. Moreover, PCHR calls upon the Ministry of Interior, Attorney General and Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) members to take a serious action to reform detention facilities in conformity with the relevant international standards.
Commenting on the incident in a statement posted on the Ministry's website, Eyad al-Bozom, spokesperson of the Ministry of Interior, said, "… The detainee ]…[ was ...