Palestinian prisoners are at risk of catching Coronavirus due to Israeli prison's "policy of deliberate medical neglect" lies Ramallah Governor

Headline: “Ghannam discusses the ways of dealing with the Coronavirus with the World Health Organization director in Palestine”

“Ramallah and El-Bireh District Governor Laila Ghannam discussed the developments in the state of the [Coronavirus] epidemic and the district’s role in fighting the Coronavirus epidemic with World Health Organization (WHO) Director in Palestine Gerald Rockenshaub yesterday [July 9, 2020]…

The district governor briefed Gerald regarding the serious situation that the prisoners are experiencing inside the occupation’s prisons and their families’ ongoing concern over the spread of the Coronavirus among them, particularly in the shadow of the policy of deliberate medical neglect that the prison guards are implementing against them. She also called on the WHO and all the international institutions and human rights institutions to uphold their responsibility to save our prisoners.”

Libel on medical abuse of Palestinian prisoners - The PA claims that Israel abuses Palestinian prisoners through medical neglect, medical experiments, and by intentionally infecting them with diseases. However, the International Red Cross regularly visits these prisoners and has not documented or accused Israel of any of these claims. Likewise, lists of demands occasionally issued by the prisoners during hunger strikes—such as during one in 2011—include no demands relating to these claims. PMW has documented prisoners talking about how they "lack nothing" in the prisons and that "the worst thing about Israeli prison" is riding in a prison vehicle that has no padding on the seat. When PMW contacted the Israeli Ministry of Health in 2007 regarding PA claims of medical experiments on prisoners, the ministry responded: "Clinical testing on prisoners in prison was never approved, never performed, and is most certainly not taking place at present."