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-- women and children are treated the same as men;
-- NGOs like Physicians for Human Rights - Israel and the ICRC are deterred from aiding detainees;
-- denied or hindered access to family members and counsel;
-- imposed conditions link visits:
"with the overall security situation, requiring that prisoners must not be security prisoners and that persons applying for visits must not have a security record, requiring that visitors be first-degree relatives and that brothers or sons applying for visits must be under the age of 18."
Treatment of Gazans Arrested During and After Operation Cast Lead
On January 28, 2009, a complaint to Israel's Military Judge Advocate General, Brigadier General Avichai Mandelblit, by seven Israeli human rights organizations, cited degrading and appalling conditions in which detainees, including minors, were held.
Before transfer to the Israel Prison Service, they were held for many hours or days in pits dug in the ground, handcuffed and blindfolded, under extreme weather conditions. No sanitation was provided and limited amounts of food. Some, in fact, were held in combat areas, in violation of international law prohibiting their exposure to danger.
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