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Dana Jouda's release highlights pregnant prisoners' plight
The Israeli occupation authorities released Palestinian prisoner Dana Joudah (35 years old) on Monday evening after she gave birth to her daughter inside Damon Prison during her detention. She had been arrested while pregnant, and her detention was subsequently converted to administrative detention for six months. This incident exemplifies the severe suffering faced by pregnant female prisoners in occupation prisons, as they confront exceptional conditions of medical neglect, torture, and restrictions during childbirth, with the constant threat of children being separated from their mothers. Palestinian human rights organizations indicate that more than 92 Palestinian women are currently imprisoned inside Israeli prisons, and the number of detentions and abuses against female prisoners, especially pregnant women, has sharply increased since the start of the war on Gaza in October 2023. Since their arrest, the female prisoners have been living under harsh humanitarian conditions characterized by neglect, poor healthcare, increased cases of starvation, and harsh treatment. The detention and childbirth of pregnant women within prisons, particularly under such severe conditions, is considered a human rights violation and a breach of international laws, amid ongoing abuses against hundreds of female and child prisoners inside Israeli jails.
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