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<p><a href="http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2012/Feb-21/164081-sharp-rise-in-palestinians-held-without-trial-ngo.ashx#axzz1n2xJNhdZ" target="_blank"><strong>FEB 21 2012 DAILY STAR LEBANON</strong></a></p>
<p>OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israel is holding 309 Palestinians in prison without charge, a sharp increase from last year, an Israeli human rights group said on Tuesday, calling for the prisoners to be charged or released.</p>
<p>B&#8217;Tselem said figures received from the Israel Prison Service (IPS) showed there were 309 Palestinians held under so-called administrative detention orders in January 2012, up from 219 in January 2011.</p>
<p>The group said 80 of those being held had been detained for between six months and a year, another 88 had been held for between one and two years, and 16 of them had been behind bars for between two and four-and-a-half years.</p>
<p>One man has been held in administrative detention for over five years, the group said.</p>
<p>The figures were released as the process of administrative detention receives new attention because of the case of Khader Adnan, a Palestinian being detained without trial who has been on hunger strike for 66 days.</p>
<p>Adnan began refusing food after he was arrested on December 17, and says he is protesting his detention without trial as well as alleged mistreatment during his interrogation.</p>
<p>Israel has not made public any charges against Adnan, who had served as a spokesman for Islamic Jihad.</p>
<p>Evidence submitted to a military court in support of Adnan&#8217;s administrative detention is kept secret, with even his lawyer denied access to it.</p>
<p>Israel says administrative detention is necessary to keep dangerous individuals behind bars, but B&#8217;Tselem said the way the Jewish state was using the procedure was &#8220;patently illegal.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Individuals are not told the reason for their detention or the specific allegations against them&#8230; Most of the material submitted by the prosecution is classified and not shown to the detainee or his attorney,&#8221; B&#8217;Tselem said.</p>
<p>&#8220;Since the detainees do not know the evidence against them, they are unable to refute it. The detainees also do not know when they will be released.&#8221;</p>
<p>Current rules allow an Israeli court to approve an administrative detention order of up to six months at a time, although detainees are able to appeal against it.</p>
<p>The state must apply to renew the order every six months, but a detainee can be held indefinitely if a court is willing to keep renewing the order.</p>
<p>Adnan, who received a four-month administrative detention order, has unsuccessfully appealed his detention already and is expected to challenge the order before Israel&#8217;s Supreme Court on Tuesday.</p>
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