Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association released their monthly statistical report on Palestinian political prisoners for August 1, 2012 as below:
Addameer Monthly Detention Report – August 2012
-there are 4,660 Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli jails
-there are 285 Palestinians held in administrative detention including 14 PLC members
-there are 6 female Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli jails
-there are 210 child prisoners in Israeli jails (34 under the age of 16)
-there are 20 Palestinian Legislative Members (PLC) in Israeli jails
-there are 152 Palestinian political prisoners from EastJerusalem in Israeli jails
-there are 206 Palestinian political prisoners from 1948 territories in Israeli jails
-there are 449 Palestinian political prisoners from Gaza in Israeli jails
-there are 530 Palestinian political prisoners serving life sentences in Israeli jails
-there are 452 Palestinian political prisoners serving more than 20 yrs in Israeli jails
-there are 22 Palestinian political prisoners serving more than 25 years in Israeli jails
-there are 120 pre-Oslo Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli jails
