Female journalist prisoner faces solitary confinement and administrative detention in occupation prisons

Female journalist and human rights activist Bushra al-Tawil (33 years old) faces harsh detention conditions inside Israeli occupation prisons, under continuous solitary confinement for about a month, amid human rights warnings of serious repercussions on her health and psychological condition. Al-Tawil, from al-Bireh city, is subject to administrative detention without trial, and is serving her isolation period in the cells of Nafha Prison, after being transferred directly there from the isolation cells of Damon Prison. Prisoner institutions warned of the detention conditions al-Tawil is subjected to, holding the occupation responsible for her safety, amid the continuation of the policy of isolation and medical neglect towards female Palestinian prisoners. They explained that what al-Tawil is subjected to comes within ongoing violations against female prisoners, including solitary confinement, repression, and deprivation of medical care, along with deteriorating health conditions in the prisoner sections and the spread of diseases. Prisoner institutions indicated that al-Tawil is one of five female Palestinian journalists still in detention in occupation prisons, while the number of detained journalists has risen to 39 since the start of the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip. According to the same data, 21 journalists are subject to administrative detention without trial or formal charges, based on what is known as the "secret file." Human rights organizations called on international bodies to urgently intervene to protect Palestinian journalists and pressure to stop administrative detention and the policy of isolation.