Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti wounded in prison assault
After a "brutal assault" in solitary confinement at Israel’s Megiddo Prison, Barghouti was reportedly left untreated by prison authorities, according to prisoners' rights groups.
Jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti (C) is accompanied by Israeli prison guards after a deliberation at Jerusalem Magistrate's court January 25, 2012. / Photo: Reuters Archive
Prominent Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti was wounded in a “brutal assault” in Megiddo Prison in northern Israel, according to prisoners’ affairs groups.
Barghouti suffered bleeding in his right ear and an injury to his right arm after the assault in his solitary confinement on September 9, the Commission of Detainees’ Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoner Society said in a joint statement.
The statement accused the prison authorities of leaving Barghouti’s injuries unattended for, causing them to worsen.
The news of the attack on Barghouti was conveyed by a lawyer after attempts to meet the jailed Fatah leader failed, the two groups said.
Brutal attacks, isolation
Barghouti was detained in 2002 by the Israeli forces and is currently serving a life-term sentence over charges of "directing armed groups that killed and injured Israelis” during the second Palestinian intifada.
“The Israeli prison administration is isolating dozens of senior detainees in difficult and tragic conditions and subjects them to repeated brutal attacks inside their cells,” the statement said.
The Israeli army has detained over 11,400 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank since the start of its deadly war on Gaza in October last year, according to Palestinian figures.
The figure doesn't include all those arrested from Gaza whose numbers are estimated to be in the thousands.
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