GAZA, January 17, 2007 (WAFA) - Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) called on Wednesday for conducting an immediate neutral investigation into the death of Prisoner, Jamal al-Sarahin.

In a press release, PCHR also called upon the ICRC to further actively follow up the detention conditions of Palestinian and Arab prisoners in Israeli jails.

On Tuesday, 16 January 2007, Jamal Hasan 'Abdullah al-Sarahin, 37, from Beit Oula village north of Hebron, a father of a child, died in the Negev Prison (Ansar 3) inside Israel.

Al-Sarahin had been placed under administrative detention since 18 June 2006. He had also served 6 years in Israeli jails sporadically.

The Negev Prison is one of the worst Israeli prisons. It is located in a military zone in the south of the Negev Desert near the Egyptian border.

PCHR held the Israeli government fully responsible for al-Sarahin's death and the lives of other sick prisoners who are likely to face the same destiny due to the policy of medical negligence, the inappropriate detention conditions and the physical and psychological torture they are subjected to.

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