UN condemns Israel's treatment of Palestinian prisoners

UN condemns Israel's treatment of Palestinian prisoners Deputy Head of UN Human Rights in Palestine Neil Tobin said on Wednesday that, as of September 2026, more than 9,000 Palestinians are held in Israeli prisons. Speaking at the 63rd session of the Human Rights Council, Tobin said a third of Palestinians in Israeli prisons are held under administrative detention, while more than 1,000 from Gaza are detained as "unlawful combatants", also a form of adminitrative detention. "The routine use of administrative detention – on security grounds without criminal charge or trial – continues to…