[[{"content_id":"128030","domain_id":"0","lang_id":"en","portal_id":"2","owner_id":"29","user_id":"1","view_accesslevel_id":"0","edit_accesslevel_id":"0","delete_accesslevel_id":"0","editor_id":"0","content_title":"Ex-prisoner reveals tragedies of female captives","content_number":"0","content_date_event":"2016-02-03 15:56:46","content_summary":"Freed prisoner Fatima Al-Zak sadly remembers the incredibly harsh conditions of female prisoners in Israeli jails","content_summary_fill":"0","content_body":"PIC reported:\r\n\r\n\tDuring the cold spells every winter, the freed prisoner Fatima Al-Zak sadly remembers the female prisoners in the Israeli jails who had never\r\n\r\n\tbeen warm during that cold season.\r\n\r\n\t Fatima had endured the freezing cold in the Israeli dungeons for more than 6 years, which led her to suffer from chronic diseases.\r\n\t\r\n\tDifficult conditions\r\n\tCaptive Fatima told the PIC reporter that she lived six bitter years in prison, during which she experienced the wrench of the throes of childbirth, while she was tied up. She was deprived of the most basic human rights.\r\n\t\r\n\tShe said that "the suffering of the female prisoners is very difficult, especially when they are pregnant or have a baby."\r\n\t\r\n\tShe added: "When I feel cold, I find myself crying on the conditions of male and female prisoners; I experienced myself the suffering of imprisonment in all its details, the suffering increases in the winter; where prisoners don't have the simplest things to keep them warm".\r\n\t\r\n\tShe pointed out that the extreme cold in captivity caused her peripheral neuropathy; a disease in the nerves that raises the sense of pain, especially in winter.\r\n\t\r\n\tShe said that female prisoners are not provided with enough or warm blankets, and are prevented from getting winter clothing, which increase their suffering. She noted that despite the freezing cold in the Israeli prisons, female prisoners share their covers and clothes with the new captives.\r\n\t\r\n\tShe stressed that the conditions of the female prisoners need serious intervention at all levels; as they are deprived of the most basic human rights.\r\n\t\r\n\tNo life Fatima went further recalling the prison suffering saying: "We were eight prisoners in a small room which had only a very small window blocked by iron bars, so we were deprived of sunlight, and there was no heating; which made the room like a refrigerator."\r\n\t\r\n\tShe pointed out that female prisoners are deprived of good food and warm drinks. She added: "The Israeli Prison Service (IPS) was providing eight prisoners with only two tomatoes, though, my mate prisoners used to give me their share of the tomatoes because I was pregnant, and in need of adequate nutrition. "\r\n\t\r\n\tShe said the prison administration with deliberately broke into the rooms for inspection especially in the extreme cold, which increased their suffering.\r\n\t\r\n\tPhysical Pain She pointed out that the female prisoners were deprived of medicine and there was no female gynecologist to treat them, which aggravated their heath conditions.\r\n\t\r\n\tShe noted that she was not provided with good food after giving birth, but her prison mates were offering her their food so that she could breastfeed her child, Yusuf.\r\n\t\r\n\tShe explained that she used recitation of the holy Quran and praying in the treatment of her child when he got sick, because there was no pediatrician, and there was no care for children, instead they were treated by the IPS as prisoners.\r\n\t\r\n\tFatima was released on 30-9-2009 in an agreement to release 20 Palestinian female prisoners in exchange for information about the Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, who was a detainee with the Palestinian resistance at the time.","content_html":"

\r\n\tPIC reported:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

\r\n\tDuring the cold spells every winter, the freed prisoner Fatima Al-Zak sadly remembers the female prisoners in the Israeli jails who had never<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\tbeen warm during that cold season.<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\t Fatima had endured the freezing cold in the Israeli dungeons for more than 6 years, which led her to suffer from chronic diseases.
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\r\n\tDifficult conditions<\/strong>
\r\n\tCaptive Fatima told the PIC reporter that she lived six bitter years in prison, during which she experienced the wrench of the throes of childbirth, while she was tied up. She was deprived of the most basic human rights.
\r\n\t
\r\n\tShe said that "the suffering of the female prisoners is very difficult, especially when they are pregnant or have a baby."
\r\n\t
\r\n\tShe added: "When I feel cold, I find myself crying on the conditions of male and female prisoners; I experienced myself the suffering of imprisonment in all its details, the suffering increases in the winter; where prisoners don't have the simplest things to keep them warm".
\r\n\t
\r\n\tShe pointed out that the extreme cold in captivity caused her peripheral neuropathy; a disease in the nerves that raises the sense of pain, especially in winter.
\r\n\t
\r\n\tShe said that female prisoners are not provided with enough or warm blankets, and are prevented from getting winter clothing, which increase their suffering. She noted that despite the freezing cold in the Israeli prisons, female prisoners share their covers and clothes with the new captives.
\r\n\t
\r\n\tShe stressed that the conditions of the female prisoners need serious intervention at all levels; as they are deprived of the most basic human rights.
\r\n\t
\r\n\tNo life Fatima went further recalling the prison suffering saying: "We were eight prisoners in a small room which had only a very small window blocked by iron bars, so we were deprived of sunlight, and there was no heating; which made the room like a refrigerator."
\r\n\t
\r\n\tShe pointed out that female prisoners are deprived of good food and warm drinks. She added: "The Israeli Prison Service (IPS) was providing eight prisoners with only two tomatoes, though, my mate prisoners used to give me their share of the tomatoes because I was pregnant, and in need of adequate nutrition. "
\r\n\t
\r\n\tShe said the prison administration with deliberately broke into the rooms for inspection especially in the extreme cold, which increased their suffering.
\r\n\t
\r\n\tPhysical Pain She pointed out that the female prisoners were deprived of medicine and there was no female gynecologist to treat them, which aggravated their heath conditions.
\r\n\t
\r\n\tShe noted that she was not provided with good food after giving birth, but her prison mates were offering her their food so that she could breastfeed her child, Yusuf.
\r\n\t
\r\n\tShe explained that she used recitation of the holy Quran and praying in the treatment of her child when he got sick, because there was no pediatrician, and there was no care for children, instead they were treated by the IPS as prisoners.
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\r\n\tFatima was released on 30-9-2009 in an agreement to release 20 Palestinian female prisoners in exchange for information about the Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, who was a detainee with the Palestinian resistance at the time.<\/p>","content_source":null,"content_url":null,"content_columns":"0","content_date_start":"2016-02-03 15:56:46","content_date_finish":"2016-02-03 15:56:46","content_date_register":"2016-02-03 15:56:46","content_date_last_edit":"0000-00-00 00:00:00","content_show_img":"1","content_show_details":"1","content_show_related_img":"1","content_show_slider":"1","content_show_title_slider":"1","content_comment":"0","content_score":"0","content_recorded":"0","content_confirmed":"1","content_status":"1","content_kind":"0","old_id":"126285","tag_id":null,"tag_word":null,"tag_service":null,"tag_total":null,"tag_soundex":null,"attach_token":"1450600124","attach_date_register":"2016-02-03 15:56:49","attach_id":"131950","attach_file_ext":"jpg","attach_file_header":"image\/jpeg","attach_img_type":"2","attach_img_width":"800","attach_img_height":"422","attach_file_media":"1","attach_show_watermark":"0","score_average":null,"score_count":null,"score_date_last":null,"visit_count":"546","visit_date_last":"2025-05-10 07:08:03","attach_title":"Ex-prisoner reveals tragedies of female captives","node_title":"Commentaries","ot_node_left_right":"[{\"node_id\":134, \"left\":25, \"right\":26}]"}]]