21.10.2014 - 15:47 [ B'Tselem - The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories ]

Israel holding more than 470 Palestinians in administrative detention – highest number in 5 years

Some 10 percent had been held for three to six months, some 13 percent from six months to one year, and some 13 percent from one to two years. Four detainees had been in administrative detention continuously for over two years.

Administrative detention is detention without trial