Hamas: political prisoner tortured in PA prison

The Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, confirmed that the political prisoner Kareem Shaheen, in the occupied West Bank, was subjected to torture in PA detention centers, where torture has escalated recently against many political detainees, according to the prisoners’ families and human rights organizations.

Hamas quoted in the report issued in the West Bank on Wednesday evening the liberated prisoner Kareem Shaheen’s family as saying that their son detained since February, 25 was subjected to physical torture and beatings, causing him semi-paralysis in his hand due to hanging him by the hands and feet in the air for long hours.

The detainee Shaheen’s wife confirmed that her husband’s hand was semi-paralyzed due to the torture practiced against him, where he received treatment after being released.

She expressed her shock when she visited her husband in the Jericho prison last Saturday, where he suffers semi-paralysis in his hand and has chest problems.

The report said that the wife’s testimony refutes PA allegations that deny torture cases in its jails. The wife expressed concern towards her husband’s health situation in light of this difficult detention conditions.

The movement’s report confirmed that members of the Palestinian intelligence service in al-Khalil have violently stormed and searched the liberated prisoner’s house before arresting him.

The wife pointed out that her husband has served about 6 years in Israeli jails, noting that despite his bad health condition, he was subjected to torture by PA security services.

Shaheen was arrested several times in the PA and Israeli prisons.