Women's ministry condemns Israeli violation against female prisoners

12 يونيو/جزيران 2011 الساعة . 01:17 م   بتوقيت القدس

 

Gaza-Interior Ministry

Women's affairs ministry , has condemned the violations against four women in Israel's HaSharon prison.

The ministry called on Palestinian factions , and Palestinian organizations to seek efforts in order to expose occupation crimes against our female prisoners .  

A force of ten female and five male prison guards alongside security and intelligence officials raided Room 2 of the security prisoners section at HaSharon and carried out an intense search of the women and the room.

The women said they were strip searched in a ”humiliating, unethical, and immoral” manner, as the force was looking for a cell phone alleged to have been smuggled into the prison.

Notably , The cell that was raided was no larger than a square meter and was covered by a thin plastic curtain.