Machsom Watch slams operational procedures of Jenin checkpoint

source:

-IMEMC

author:

John Smith

Machsom Watch, the joint Palestinian-Israeli Human Rights group, has slammed the operational procedures of a checkpoint near Jenin, stating that those operating the checkpoint regularly detain persons for several hours in a room without proper ventilation.

Israeli militray checkpoint near Jenin

Speaking with reference to the Reihan checkpoint, located near the northern West Bank city of Jenin, Ghassan Qabha, municipal chairman of a nearby village described the �dungeon� as �seven feet on seven feet and even with the hot weather these past few weeks, it doesn�t have a fan or a window or a chair.� Qabha added that four to five people are regularly crammed into the confined space and made to wait up to more than one hour � a situation that resulted one man last week losing consciousness.

While several official complaints regarding conditions at the checkpoint have been made, no changes have yet been enacted.