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Annual Violations Report<br />

into interrogation, then placed with two other people in a room facing<br />

the wall for three hours. Around five, I was led into court where my<br />

detention was extended to Thursday June 18 th without the presence<br />

of any member of my family. I was then taken into the holding rooms<br />

in the interrogation center where I was seen by a doctor and stripsearched.<br />

I slept through the night out of exhaustion, and had some<br />

food because I didn’t eat or drink anything since the moment of my<br />

arrest. The following day, Tuesday June 16 th , a police officer came in<br />

and told me to get ready for court.<br />

The Waiting Room<br />

A police officer led me into a waiting room in Al-Maskobiya. I was<br />

left there alone for almost two hours, after which two Israelis walked<br />

into the room and lingered for ten minutes. When I walked towards<br />

the door to call the police officer, the two Israelis attacked me from<br />

behind and violently struck me on my head and body. I was writhing<br />

in pain after they threw me on the floor and continued to beat me<br />

with all their might. At the beginning, the beating concentrated on my<br />

face; my mouth and nose started to bleed because of the repeated<br />

punches. During the attack, one of them – I don’t remember which<br />

one because I was beginning to lose consciousness at the time- hit<br />

me on the back of my head with a sharp razor. I felt excruciating<br />

pain as the blood started pouring out of my head; I completely lost<br />

consciousness after that. I’m not sure for how long I was unconscious<br />

before I woke up in a clinic-like room, surrounded by a group of doctors.<br />

I started to regain consciousness as I continued to bleed from various<br />

wounds on my body. After five minutes, with blood dribbling from my<br />

mouth, I was taken into a room where someone took care of me and<br />

provided me with food and water. The following day, I was led into<br />

interrogation despite my constant dizziness. The interrogation lasted<br />

for ten minutes during which I was questioned about the attack. I was<br />

later interrogated for an hour with the interrogator trying to force a<br />

confession out of me; I refused to confess to anything. I went to court<br />

on Thursday, and my hearing was postponed to Sunday June 21 st .<br />

I was in agonizing pain the whole time, and constantly demanded<br />

to be seen by a doctor; my requests were denied every time. I was<br />

released after the court hearing on Sunday June 21 st , 2015 under the<br />

condition of leaving Issawiya and staying under house arrest in my<br />

sister’s house in Sur Baher neighborhood.<br />

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