Overview
- Palestinians marked Prisoners’ Day on Friday with rallies that condemned Israel’s new execution law, with a large march in Ramallah calling for its repeal.
- The law allows military courts to impose the death penalty on Palestinians convicted of killing Israelis, drawing UN and rights‑group criticism as discriminatory.
- Rights groups say nearly 10,000 Palestinians are in custody, including thousands held without charge under administrative detention and hundreds of children.
- The UN Committee Against Torture has documented severe beatings, electric shocks, stress positions, starvation, and sexual threats, alongside a sharp rise in deaths in custody.
- Family and Red Cross visits remain heavily restricted, including for Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti, as testimonies describe worsening conditions for women and arrests tied to online “incitement”, while an Israeli outlet portrays Friday’s events as support for terrorists.