JERUSALEM, Oct. 28 (UPI) -- The Israeli military is harassing Palestinian prisoners' rights group Addameer using "vague" evidence for justification, Human Rights Watch said.
Israeli authorities sentenced Addameer accountant Samer al-Arbin to a four-month administrative detention. Human Rights Watch said that means he can be held without due process.
"The Israeli military's apparent persecution of a prisoners' rights group, especially without allowing the individuals to defend themselves, is a prime example of the injustices the group seeks to counter," said Joe Stork, deputy Middle East director. "The military should stop harassing Addameer's employees on the basis of vague or secret evidence."
Addameer had no statement corresponding with the Sunday HRW report. The group, whose name means "conscience" in Arabic, works to support the rights of Palestinian political prisoners held in Israeli and Palestinian prisons.
HRW said the group's offices were raided by Israeli authorities in December.
The report from HRW coincided with a decision by Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to renew ties with the U.N. Human Rights Council. His decision ends a boycott that began in March 2012 after the United Nations opened an investigation into settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
