Al-Haq takes the occasion of Palestinian Prisoners’ Day to highlight the ongoing violations faced by the over 10,000 Palestinian prisoners currently detained by Israel. Of these prisoners, approximately 125 are women and 400 are children, while an estimated 780 are individuals detained under administrative detention https://perma.cc/2NFN-JQWT

Currently, there were 5,000 Palestinians in Israeli prisons, including 160 children, and approximately 1,100 of them were detained without charge or trial https://perma.cc/VD5D-RJV8

The Palestine Center for Prisoners Studies monitored the increase in arrests in 2021 and indicated that it had been the highest for 18 years. The centre recorded 8 thousand arrests, including of 1,266 children and 118 women and girls.53 This marked an increase of 60% over 2020, where 4,700 were arrested, including 550 children and 178 women and girls (from The Palestine Strategic Report)